MtgLife returns

Finally I rescued from backups the code of the MgtLife, a Python application I developed a year or two ago for Symbian. The main purpose of this application is to keep updated the life points of the two opponents of a Magic The Gathering match. This is what I call a freak combo, Magic + CellPhone + PyS60.

Debian Etch + Quickcam Chat

This is the key feature for my next sad and freak project. I need a webcam working on my linux server. I've failed several times to configure it properly, but I finally achieved it. Here you will find how to configure a Logitech Quickcam Chat on an Etch Debian.

Correlating Data

After analyzing any measurement values I always ask myself the same question, is this data wrong or not?. To check if my temperature measurements were good enough I gathered in all the thermometers in my home and placed next to the Arduino+LM35. Then I confirmed that the LM35 was doing a good job, but that wasn´t enough, I needed to know if the measurement of the LM35 could be at least a naive model of the whole room temperature. To do so I started working with PyEphem and probed that the temperature data was correlated with the sun altitude.

Plotting Data

Data is almost useless without a proper view. After storing the temperature data I need a way to plot this information so I can infer something. Let´s face the 'artistic' stage of the project.

Debian Etch + Temperature Logging

Time to store the data. Being able to sense the temperature it's just the first step, storing and plotting the resulting data is the power, muhahaha, muhahaha

Arduino + Temperature + Linux

With the temperature sensor ready to be tested, I need them to be on all the day and a PC storing the temperature values. My laptop is too lazy, always hibernating as soon as I leave it alone. But what about my Linux server? He is always on, with its low consumption VIA processor and 5 free USB connections. That's my target.

Arduino + Temperature

Back again with Arduino. This post will be extremely short, because getting a temperature value with +-1ºC is extremely easy and already done. Take a look at this portuguese blog entry. Using an LM35, a device that outputs a linear voltage of 10mV/ºC.