[PLUG] TONIGHT! January PLUG Meeting: Reading wireless temperature sensors with RTL-SDR and rtl_433

[Russell Senior]

Oh, and also this one:
https://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-06002M-Wireless-Temperature-Humidity/dp/B00T0K8NXC/
($13)

On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 11:56 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

> The crucial links for anyone wanting to replicate the kind of thing I am
> doing is:
>
> for the hardware:
>   https://www.amazon.com/NooElec-NESDR-Mini-RTL2832-Antenna/dp/B00P2UOU72/
> (although there are cheaper alternative devices)
>
> for the software:
>   https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 9:28 AM Michael Dexter <dexter at pdxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement
>>
>> Who: Russell Senior
>> What: Reading wireless temperature sensors with RTL-SDR and rtl_433
>> Where: PSU, 1900 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Left Entrance, Lower Level)
>> When: Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 at 7pm
>> Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
>> Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live
>>
>> Russell has been measuring an array of temperature sensors in and around
>> his house since October-ish 2011, primarily Dallas Semiconductor DS18B20
>> one-wire sensors (previously talk: 2013-06-06 Hacking on the Beagle Bone
>> Black). For years, he's had a few Oregon Scientific wireless temperature
>> sensors outside, but no way to log the temperatures for posterity. About
>> a year ago, in early December 2018, he discovered a project called
>> rtl_433 that uses a software defined radio to receive and decode the
>> signals coming from these and similar sensors. so that they can be
>> logged. This talk will describe a few of the things that are possible
>> with rtl_433 and what Russell does and doesn't do with the data.
>>
>> About Russell:
>>
>> Russell has been a Linux user since 1992. He worked for a few decades
>> doing data management, programming, and analysis for a small scientific
>> consulting firm. Since 2005 he has been deeply involved in the Personal
>> Telco Project and trying to bring about telecommunications in the users
>> interests, while also hacking on router firmware. For two years, he's
>> been involved in an active effort to bring publicly-owned fiber
>> infrastructure to the Portland metro area (in furtherance of the
>> Personal Telco goal). He has a possibly unnatural love for serial
>> consoles and RS-232, but is too smitten to be ashamed. He describes
>> himself as self-under-employed. Will work on Linux'y things for money.
>> Will work on Science'y/measurement'y things for money, as long as Linux
>> is or can be involved somehow. He's very interested in trying to solve
>> your telemetry problems with off-the-shelf wifi equipment and some elbow
>> grease, if you've got some.
>>
>>
>> ATTENTION! Thanks to a new security policy, attendees will need to enter
>> through the 1900 SW 4th entrance by 8PM, just North of the 1930 SW 4th
>> that many of us have been using for years. (Do not use the entrance
>> adjacent to Hawaiian Express, formerly Taco Del Mar)
>>
>> https://www.google.com/maps/place/1900+SW+4th+Ave,+Portland,+OR
>>
>>
>> Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250476579
>>
>> Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby St. after the meeting.
>>
>> Rideshares to the Lucky Lab available
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Michael Dexter
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