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| limako | "I had originally installed only the arduino "core" package which has the compiler and library stuff to work with arduinos. I tried installing the r..." | Read more » | almost 4 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That's really useful information. I can see the advantage of having every scientific instrument accessible on the web or network. Being able to rem..." | Read more » | almost 4 years ago | |||
| limako | "Thank you, @cfastie, for your thoughtful questions. I think Arduinos and Pis represent two useful ecosystems for building instruments/data loggers..." | Read more » | about 4 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I’m intrigued by the idea that students should “learn the foundational skills with the command line that, in the long run, will make it much easier..." | Read more » | about 4 years ago | |||
| johnb1003 | "@warren I actually did not create that list / documentation. However, once I get a functioning air sensor I do planning on creating similar documen..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "This looks great—also looks like others have faced similar issue with 8266 and Shinyei sensor just through googling. Here’s one example (although s..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Ooh, i love the very succinct bill of materials with links and prices! Great documentation! Did you write that documentation? Copying it in here fo..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "There are a few " killers" in the referenced article. One was the remark about converting arsenic to volatile hydrides. One of those hydrides cou..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| pdhixenbaugh | "Just wanted to comment here if anyone finds this page, that there are new ideas about using lower voltage in the water and amplifying using an OpAm..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| epongrat | "thanks mathew! I'll check on the adafruit website. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "it looks like a communication problem, looking for the right port. does adafruit have any details on communicating with their datalogger? /dev/cu...." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Not exactly sure how to solve your code problem but here is the code in an easier format to cut and paste: ''' include "SD.h" include <Wire.h&g..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Hey there @markwh, This video explains the process quite well: http://youtu.be/kUR6_bQLU-E I use a toaster oven also - just be careful that you d..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "One of my early underwater housing designs had only three parts. A PVC endcap, a short length of pipe, and a rubber end cap. This came to about$10 ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| markwh | "@amysoyka, do you have a reference or a research note for this? I'm wondering how clean and simple that would be. Any specific applications to wate..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "You can melt and mould milk bottle plastic if you heat it up. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| DavidMack | "PVC pipe works well. What are you using exactly--can you post a photo? For PVC, you can choose whatever diameter pipe you need then glue a cap on..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| markwh | "We've been building a device based on the riffle, very similar in concept to the conductivity meter you've linked. We're using PVC pipe and our con..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cschweik | "Ok, email me on the price -- I think I will purchase through you (thanks for the single camera tray). Should I pay through your website? " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Lifting two cameras with a Public Lab balloon requires that you fill the balloon to just about its capacity. I think it should be 5.5 feet in diame..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cschweik | "Hi Chris. Thanks for your continued interest in our project. We've got some ideas on trying to use photoshop to extract out water chestnut. We'll s..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Ally and @cschweik, That's great new stuff on the wiki page. Nice photos of water chestnut. Were you able to get the RGB camera working? I have a..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| rhodesg3 | "Do you mean that the probe you used for testing your device (borrowed from UMass CEE dept.) was the Accumet AP85 or do you mean that you bought the..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| markwh | "The probe we're using is an accumet AP85 from Fisher Scientific. We're assuming this is working perfectly--admittedly it too should be calibrated. ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago |