Thread: Non-Idratek Sensors

Ah, so 10m should be fine then Back briefly to the thermistor if you will - what do I need to look for in a fixed resistor to go with it? As far as enclosures go, I'm just hoping I'll find something random on CPC..

Quote: Originally Posted by overcomplicated Ah, so 10m should be fine then Back briefly to the thermistor if you will - what do I need to look for in a fixed resistor to go with it? As far as enclosures go, I'm just hoping I'll find something random on CPC.. Hmm, 10m not so ideal but you'll probably get away with it if you follow the guidelines. If you go for a 47k thermistor then probably a 47k-27k fixed resistor would be a...

Overcomplicated, To measure both humidity and temperature and interface to IDRANet, your simplest and I suspect cheapest option is to use something like a THS module and I am not trying to increase our sales here If the location is the issue, we may be able to offer some alternative ideas on how best to fit one of these units, or as we have done in the past, we may be able to offer a custom module where the sensing element itself is on a...

looks like doing it with non-Idratek sensors / modules could be expensive - wonder if another option could be to paint the front-plate of the (Idratek) modules to blend-in ? Or even to add some sort of (vented) cover - eg: a light-fitting, the sort that mount directly on a wall or ceiling - something flush-fitting from Argos might do the job & some of them are remarkably inexpensive ! ?

As an alternative you could use a Dallas 1-wire network and connect this via xAP into Cortex. 1-wire can run over long distances with multiple sensors. Most of my temperature sensing is done this way. There are both PC applications (free) and small embedded controllers that convert the 1-wire bus to xAP messages. There are some tiny cased 1-wire temp sensors available too (barrel type). You would lose the ability for inbuilt Reflex actions...