crispinb

crispinb

Yes, that’s pretty appealing (& motivating)

Yes I did a tiny bit of microcontroller stuff many years ago & always wanted to get back to something in the ballpark.

That’s permissible! Anyway thanks, sounds like it will provide a worthy use for my sadly underworked raspberry pi.

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Post #11
lucaong

lucaong

Sweet! Looking forward to read this and learn some new tricks from the Nerves pros :slightly_smiling_face:

BTW, Nerves is one of the technologies I had more fun with in the last years (on top of some good profit). I am so thankful to the maintainers!

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Post #12
Sebb

Sebb

just had a second look. some thoughts:

  • why is there a SGP30 in addition to the BME680? I do not see the use case for CO2 sensing in a weatherstation…?
  • did you think about building a case that could be 3D-printed? So we could really mount the thing outsides? Also we could give the light sensor some proper lens which would improve the measurement. Its not easy to build a case thats waterproof, but with enough hot glue everything goes.
  • also a custom sensor board would be nice

The last points only make sense if enough people really build the station and are interested. But making this into a really usable project it would be a great opportunity for nerves/elixir to gain traction in the maker scene.

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Post #13
Sebb

Sebb

I don’t think you’ll learn anything new about nerves from this book. It is a great first project, but does not seem to dig too deep. But its not finished yet and I did not look too close, so please correct me if I’m wrong.

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Post #14
crova

crova

I can see CO2 reading being useful if the device is in a farming/gardening environment for example.
That’s what I have in mind with this project. I’ve looked the hardware up and I’ll probably pull the trigger.

I’m not sure if something like that is what they had in mind with that sensor though.

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Post #15
lucaong

lucaong

Got the book using the discount and started reading it. You’re right in that it’s a beginner resource. That’s good in general because it fills a niche: I am sure there are many people that would love to get started with Nerves with a cool project, and this is a good book for that purpose.

As for me, I am crossing fingers that the authors will consider writing an advanced Nerves book, to really tap into their expertise :slightly_smiling_face: Still enjoying browsing through the book though.

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Post #16
margareteldridge

margareteldridge

@lucaong We do have another Nerves book in the works – stay tuned. I am not sure when it will be ready for beta as only a few chapters are written so far.

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Post #17
margareteldridge

margareteldridge

The coupon code devtalk.com is working now for the Nerves Weather Station book!

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Post #18
lucaong

lucaong

Amazing! :star_struck:

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Post #19
Sebb

Sebb

can you share what it’ll cover?

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