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| kinasmith | "both parts are very similar. the TLC555IP has a wider operating temperature (-40to+85c), and will work down to 3volt power input. From the datashee..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "Hello again. I just did two quick screen captures explaining how to do this with CoolTerm, using code from this GIST. The First one is here: https:..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "sorry, I wasn't very clear in that previous message. I'll try to clarify. You'll need an Arduino in the middle between the sensor and the computer...." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "so, how long will the sensor need to collect data for? If there is reliable power, and it's inside of a house, and it isn't running for weeks on en..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "I've read through the datasheet/manual for this sensor. Their use of audio connectors for signal and power connections is pretty questionable, but ..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "this is actually an excellent solution to this problem without adding additional parts/complexity. The 1.1v internal reference is much more stable ..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "I'll just chime in here for a second as someone who has worked a lot with arduino dataloggers and ADC's, etc. I agree with @cfastie on all points...." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "@KathleenSmart, I never got to the point of fully documenting the build process. They still need some work. Redesigning the sensor body so that it ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "@aldehyde Thanks for reaching out! I'm still working on this project but would be super excited to get it into more hands for research. I should ha..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "There is some more info about the background for this project here: http://news.uaf.edu/trees-surprising-role-in-the-boreal-water-cycle-quantified/..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "yeah. no dice...still doesn't work. I'll try it on a different phone when I get home. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "Hah. That's flattering, but my background isn't electrical engineering...I just kind of stumbled into it. The circuit is pretty obvious now that I ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "I was using Chrome. Didn't try any others. Just curious, but what is the function of the circuit? " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "Just tested, didn't work. Phone: Xiaomi MI3C, MIUI 7.1.2 (Android 4.4.4) Component Values: R1, 2.2k; R2, 2.2k, C1, 2µF; R3, 10k. I also tried s..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "How I'm doing it now is holding the two thermocouple wires in a pair of locking hemostats connected to the ground terminal of the welder. There is ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "Nicely done. I did actually throw together some code that does exactly what you just did a while ago...but then got buried in work and adventures a..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "I am also very curious how much temperature affects the batteries in very low current applications. I haven't found good documentation about that. ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "Nicely done, and nice temps for such a small pile too! I'm curious to see how long they can sustain that heat. I've done some work with compost in ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "Awesome, I'm glad it worked for you. I did an afternoon/overnight test and it seems reliable. This is the plot of the time difference between loggi..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "I forked the seed Studio DS3231 library and made a little more straightforward and easy to use. Library is here. Example Code is here. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "Well. I just used <pre and <code tags to wrap the code in, and that worked. would also be super cool to be able to embed Gists i n a post. T..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| kinasmith | "Wow, so that might be a bug in the post writing front end. I used a standard markdown formatting for code input, which worked in preview, but broke..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago |