Today we started by working out an overall plan of what we needed to do to get the thermometer working we need to:
1) connect the thermometer to the arduino
2) connect the arduino to the raspberry pi
3) connect the raspberry pi to the internet
Of course, there is a lot more to it than 3 lines but we have made huge progress today.
Firstly, we have succesfully connected the arduino to the raspberry pi by following the instructions on this link http://baldwisdom.com/simplified-setup-for-arduino-on-raspberry-pi/ . Then we succesfully connected the thermometer to the arduino using a simpilfied version of the circuit on the following link http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/buildingblocks/rtd-temperature-sensing / . Finally, we used the code on this website to read a sensor (to be linked later) giving us a resistance. Also, in previous days, as mentioned, we started towards the goal of making the raspberry pi a web server which suggests we are close to completion.
The final steps to be completed over the coming days include:
1) calibrate the sensor so we can get a temperature
2) finish the connection between raspberry pi and internet.
