Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fed!fsrcs1!m1tdg00 From: m1tdg00@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov (Taegan D. Goddard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Need a DATA ACQUISITION board Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 90 08:27:55 GMT References: <340011@hpnmdla.HP.COM> Sender: news@fed.FRB.GOV Distribution: na Organization: Federal Reserve Board Lines: 28 In-reply-to: suew@hpnmdla.HP.COM's message of 17 Feb 90 01:10:35 GMT In article <340011@hpnmdla.HP.COM> suew@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Sue Wood) writes: ] I want to do a thermal profile of the different rooms in my house. ] Anyone have any recommendations on a DATA ACQUISITION board for ] an ibm compatible? Or a good source for this hardware? Try the A-Bus system. Advertisements are always in BYTE magazine. I've used the PC gameport to measure temperature in up to four rooms. It is an inexpensive alternative. For more info on doing this, see my shareware disk "The Home Control Primer." It has programs and info on home automation and environmental monitoring. If you have the X-10 interface (for turning on/off lights and appliances) there are a couple of neat programs that work with the X-10. The Home Control Primer is distributed by user groups and by shareware distributors. Here's a couple places you might check: Velvet Software MicroTechnology Winner's Edge Software P.O. Box 94 21 Vintage Drive P.O. Box 233 Fabyan, CT 06245 East Windsor, NJ 08520 Roy, UT 84067 203/923-3311 609/426-0506 801/825-4229 The disk may be obtained from the above sources for a small fee (or for free from other sources) but the programs are shareware. Try before you buy! Good Luck!