This sounds like great fun, Ed! You don't have a video by any chance?

Actually I consider a Pi to be a wee bit overkill for something simple  
like logging climate data, but on the other hand, if the IT guys like  
to do it this way, why not.

Best,
Angela


Quoting Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC  
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> Interesting!
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> We are designing PI to run museum displays and run teleprinters    to
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> FLASH
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> Pi is  fun!  PI is cheap!  Pi can make the museum  environment a more
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> Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC
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> Hello  Samantha,
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> Most of my experience is with HOBO units as well but ultimately if the
> units  that IT has designed are accurate and can plot the information in some
> way for  you, why not? As great as HOBO units are they’re not cheap and I’m
> guessing  the Raspberry Pi units will come in considerably cheaper. If IT
> here had laid  the groundwork with hardware and software I’d certainly trial
> it. Are you able  to borrow HOBO or similar units from a state  
> organisation to
> compare readings  over a few months?
> Some things I’d ask IT:
> ·          How  accurate are the devices (+/-)?
> ·          How  is the data retrieved from the devices?
> ·          How  is the data plotted/read out?
> ·          Are  you able to retrieve and plot the data yourself?
> ·          What  is the cost per device?
> I’d  be interested in hearing your experience going ahead as an option for
> my  institution as well.
> William  Shepherd
> Collections  Officer
> Swift Current  Museum
> 44 Robert Street  West
> Swift Current,  Saskatchewan
> S9H  4M9
> Phone:  306-778-4815
> Fax:  306-778-4818
> From: Museum discussion  list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Samantha  Sauer
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 6:50 AM
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> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Raspberry Pi for a  data logger?
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> I'm exploring ways to help  track our temp/humidity settings on campus in
> our archive, reading room, and  museum. (I have the NPS Conserv-O-Gram issue
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> It turns out that our IT  team on campus is also doing something similar
> utilizing raspberry pi devices to help track temp in computer server  rooms.
> It sounds like there is interest in collaboration to help with the  arch
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> supplies. The raspberry pi would be able to record  temp/humidity readings
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> data? I'm intrigued and  tempted to try it, if only as a short term
> experiment, since this is already  happening in some form on our  
> small campus. It
> also seems like a neat way to  incorporate a different technology to  
> read data.
> I am most familiar with HOBO  data loggers, but have not used raspberry pi
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