Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy
by fossuser on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:03PM
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It doesn't do any of those things, it just senses AQI, PM 2.5 and puts it on the screen.
My experience with the devices that attempt to do the things you want is that they suck.
They do each of those things poorly and their basic detection functionality (most important feature) is also bad. (The reddit thread I linked to has details).
If a device existed that did those things and was actually good I'd recommend it.
As it is, everything in the market is awful.
At least these Temtops have the basic functionality down and do that part really well.
Re:Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy
by viraptor on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:15PM
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If you can do some really basic soldering then any i2c capable board (like raspberry) + PMSA003I + ccs811 and influx+grafana or something to dump the data into shoule give you the monitoring+archive solution.
* is there a way to view sensor data historically and arbitrarily, preferably off device?
* is there a way to use it to control other devices (possibly via a home automation gateway) like my air purifier?
i see that it can be plugged in for power, but also has a battery, which is a nice feature. does that also allow for data transfer?