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InfluxDB

5 posts
Feb 2021 – Oct 2021

Shipping Data to InfluxDB using Arduino + ESP8266

Part of the Getting Started with ESP8266 + Arduino series. While learning to write applications for the ESP8266/Arduino platform, I wanted to make sure I could post data from the microcontroller to my home InfluxDB instance. The result of this is the influxdb branch of my esp8266-basic-wifi repository on GitHub. …

Environmental Data Logging to InfluxDB using BME280/AM2301 Sensors on Raspberry Pi

Part of the Home Energy and Environment Monitoring series. I've deployed a couple sensors outdoors to log temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure data to InfluxDB. This is partly because I'd like to keep a history of temperature/humitidy/pressure (weather forecasts are easy to find and …

Log your Ecobee data in InfluxDB with ecobee_influx_connector

Part of the Home Energy and Environment Monitoring series. Earlier this year, I wrote ecobee_influx_connector, which logs your home's temperature/humidity readings and HVAC equipment runtime to InfluxDB using the Ecobee API. Thanks to Andy Blyler, there's an easy-to-deploy Docker image available too! The …

Now: Feb. 2021

Reading: As I was last month, I’m still working through and enjoying Barack Obama’s A Promised Land; I’m about halfway through it now. I’m also reading Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner, a 1990s-era dive into the history of the Internet and its predecessor, …

Ship electricity usage data from an Energy Bridge to InfluxDB

Part of the Home Energy and Environment Monitoring series. A while back, I signed up for DTE Energy’s Insight feature, which lets you monitor your home’s electricity usage in real time (and natural gas usage, but only at one-day resolution). To make this work, they ship you a …