owfs Development Site - OWFS 1-Wire File System (original) (raw)
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OWFS is an easy way to use the powerful 1-wire system of Dallas/Maxim.
OWFS is a simple and flexible program to monitor and control the physical environment. You can write scripts to read temperature, flash lights, write to an LCD, log and graph, ...
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| 1-Wire | Files: |
| Inexpensive devices, simple wiring, parasitic power Unique addresses, individually addressable USB, serial and i2c adapters Mature technology, consulting and aftermarket support iButton steel sealed devices New fancy 3rd-party designs | Temperature, thermocouples Humidity, LCD, pressure, counters Memory, encryption Voltage, current, logic Switches Weather (wind, humidity, UV, temperature). |
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| Filesystem access ( i.e. 10.001122334/temperature ) (owfs) Web access (owhttpd) Remote network access (owserver) Direct language support for perl, python, php, tcl, Java, C (libow, ownet) | Embedded appliances: Linksys router, NSLU2, FOX Bootable CD Supported on i386, MIPS, ARM, Coldfire, Linux, OSX, Windows (Cygwin), FreeBSD FREE, under the GPLv2 license |
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| FUN, hobby projects, neat hacks Home automation Environmental monitoringl Security | Process control Server rooms HVAC Weather station |
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