Data Logging
Data loggers can help to record data from a sensor over time -- often over days or weeks, or even months. There are a variety of data loggers available, both commercial and open source. Each entry from a logger -- stored on, for example, a memory card -- may have a timestamp and some data loggers can record location from a GPS as well.
Options
- Riffle
- the #nano-data-logger
- the Mayfly
- the Feather and RTC shield, by Adafruit
More coming soon... please add any you know!
See the full spreadsheet here (by @cfastie)
Questions
Activities
We're hoping to collect a set of activities you could do with several different data loggers here, such as an example "field test," so please add help us by adding activities which can be performed with different data loggers:
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
Waterproof enclosures
The #riffle project -- and others -- have explored a lot of ways to make cheap waterproof enclosures for data loggers, but where wires and sensors can still stick out. Here are a some notes and prototypes under the tag #data-logger-enclosures :
| Title | Author | Updated | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nalgene submarine | @cfastie | over 5 years ago | 6 | 2 |
| Riffle conductivity caps and other housing ideas | @mathew | almost 8 years ago | 7 | 28 |
| buoy for water sensor | @DavidMack | about 8 years ago | 5 | 2 |
| Rubba Stoppaz | @donblair | about 8 years ago | 3 | 8 |
| sensors in soda bottles | @mathew | almost 9 years ago | 2 | 6 |
| sketching a waterproof pop bottle sensor system | @mathew | almost 9 years ago | 0 | 4 |