ethernet-based temperature sensors

Thu Sep 4 14:11:35 UTC 2003

At 12:59 04/09/2003, David Lesher wrote:

>Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, matthew zeier wrote:
> >
> > > I know this has been mentioned before, but other than NetBotz (too 
> pricey),
> > > what are people use as ethernet-based, SNMP-probable temp sensors?
> >
> > http://www.jacarta.co.uk
>
>Argh -- $$$$
>
>There used to be "spider" sensors that were cheap but I heard
>they shut down.  What you need is something based on those "stamp"
>CPU's but I donno who is making such...

Turning the question around, what sort of price point are you looking at? A 
guesstimate says that there's $150 worth of *parts* in a box just to do 
temperature monitoring that will take an EtherNet connection (unless you 
were manufacturing a gazillion of them).

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