Hello
I need the cheapest solution to measure the temperature in a building and send it remotely a few km away.
I was thinking about a sensor with a built-in gsm module which would send the measurement result e.g. every hour? Is there such a thing in normal price?
So far I have only found such a thing as a component of alarm panels for a few hundred dollars... overkill for me...
I only need it to measure the temperature in an unfinished building to know when it drops below zero (there are water pipes inside and I have to go and turn on the electric heater). Ideally I'd still like to have some sort of module on site with a relay output to turn on the radiator.
Budget up to £150?
Alternatively, maybe there are some temperature sensors that can be connected to a mobile phone which I would leave on site e.g. via microusb or BT ? Surely there are some android apps that would be suitable for this?
I need the cheapest solution to measure the temperature in a building and send it remotely a few km away.
I was thinking about a sensor with a built-in gsm module which would send the measurement result e.g. every hour? Is there such a thing in normal price?
So far I have only found such a thing as a component of alarm panels for a few hundred dollars... overkill for me...
I only need it to measure the temperature in an unfinished building to know when it drops below zero (there are water pipes inside and I have to go and turn on the electric heater). Ideally I'd still like to have some sort of module on site with a relay output to turn on the radiator.
Budget up to £150?
Alternatively, maybe there are some temperature sensors that can be connected to a mobile phone which I would leave on site e.g. via microusb or BT ? Surely there are some android apps that would be suitable for this?