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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!206.58.0.35!news.structured.net!nntp.teleport.com!nntp0.teleport.com!tlw From: tlw@teleport.com (Tommy Willoughby) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Interfacing sensors to FreeBSD Date: 1 Dec 1996 04:01:09 GMT Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <57qvu5$84o@nadine.teleport.com> References: <E1nIsI.6E0.G.nanguo@nanguo.chalmers.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: linda.teleport.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Robert Chalmers (robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au) wrote: : Does anyone know how to go about interfacing a temperature sensor to : a FreeBSD box, so that I can get a temperature readout displayed? I think the easiest quick/dirty way to do this would be to pick up one of the many DMM's available now which have a RS232 interface built in. They're pretty easy to find here in the US, & I think you'd have an even better selection where you are. You might find one with a type k thermocouple input already, in which case you're all set, or you might have to add an out-board temp convertor to the DMM. I don't know what software you'd have to write to read it - most here come with software for MS-DOS, but I really doubt that's it's a very complicated interface. -- tlw@teleport.com