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From: dufault@ziplink.net (Peter Dufault)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Interfacing sensors to FreeBSD
Date: 6 Dec 1996 10:37:08 -0500
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>> Does anyone know how to go about interfacing a temperature sensor to
>> a FreeBSD box, so that I can get a temperature readout displayed?
>
>You need some form of an A/D converter...

Check the "whole house temperature monitor" using serial Dallas
chips in the FreeBSD home automation page:

http://freebsd.org/~fsmp/HomeAuto/Therm.html

Peter Dufault               Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation
HD Associates, Inc.         Voice: 508 433 6936
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