Temperature logging using DS18B20

well i have finished wiring my 2 sensors to my break out board, i can see them from the terminal by:

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sudo modprobe w1-gpio
sudo modprobe w1-therm
cd /sys/bus/w1/devices/
ls

which shows up the two sensor, and can read them individually by:

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# replace xx-xxxxxxxxxxxx with the sensor Number
cd xx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
cat w1_slave

however this is as far as my knowledge goes in terms of scrip, what i want to do is read both sensors at the same time, i also want the temperature to be plotted to a graph through out the course of 12 hours, i want to be able to see real time data and graph from the sensors from my work place if my Raspi is @ home.

Can any one help me to do this i would greatly appreciate it!

You could store the data in an RRDTool database. I do that with my temperature logging. The whole process is described at: http://thule.mine.nu/html/about.html

Thanks i have come across your site before but how does that apply when you are connecting straight into the GPIO headers? i see you are using an USB adapter.

You could try http://learn.adafruit.com/send-raspberry-pi-data-to-cosm not sure how much code you have to change. Another option is to try the DHT22 tutorial to upload to google docs.

The usual method when logging to an RRD is to run a script (containing the command you used for example) to query the values and store them as a variable then update the RRD from the variable.
I'm an absolute beginner with code but manage to use this method with a bit of help from examples people have provided.

E.g. http://ronin-tech.com/Content/pid=26.html

The usual method when logging to an RRD is to run a script (containing the command you used for example) to query the values and store them as a variable then update the RRD from the variable.
I'm an absolute beginner with code but manage to use this method with a bit of help from examples people have provided.

E.g. http://ronin-tech.com/Content/pid=26.html

are you using the DS18B20 sensors connected to the gpio headers? if so would you be able to show me your code?

No, I'm using a USB sensor but the process is the same.
I have just taken delivery of 10 DS18B20s so will be working with them shortly.
You are welcome to my code but it is far less comprehensive than what I linked to.

No one is going to do it for you so drop the attitude and then you might get some assistance.

Thanks is just i haven't got the minimal of idea as where to start, i'll give that site a read once more with more time and see if i can make any sense from it.

No probs Ale36.
You have already made a good start by querying the device and obtaining a reading
The code on the link is using Perl so is easier to read and pretty flexible.
It doesn't really matter what script 'language' you use though as they all achieve the same at the end of the day.

No probs Ale36.
You have already made a good start by querying the device and obtaining a reading
The code on the link is using Perl so is easier to read and pretty flexible.
It doesn't really matter what script 'language' you use though as they all achieve the same at the end of the day.

so if i was to take parts of the script on the link and put it in Python would it still do the same? or are Perl and Python different all together?