Onoff 4,668 Posted February 19, 2017 Can anyone assist? I've "dabbled" in making my own small scale solar thermal panel. It worked, returned some decent temperatures and cost nothing. It was just a bit of fun with the kids. https://www.flickr.com/gp/122042403@N05/TYnTF6 Looking on another thread at all this talk of logging with a Raspberry Pi. In an ideal world I'd like to be able to look at a real time graph on my phone / pc showing: -Ambient temperature -Temperature at the output pipe of the panel -Temperature of storage tank Any pointers? My boy can code all day long.....if he can be bothered! I struggled with BASIC! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ToughButterCup 2,046 Posted February 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Onoff said: [...] My boy can code all day long.....if he can be bothered! I struggled with BASIC! Try JQuery and HTML with a bit of CSS. A morning's working on it will see significant progress. The JavaScript will rub off on you on the way past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteamyTea 1,597 Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) The logging is pretty simple with a Raspberry Pi. Just a couple of temperature sensors (or more) and something to detect when the pump is on. Then a bit of Python code. There are also "Libraries" (addons) for Python that can be used for plotting, take your pick from the easiest tutorial to follow. StackOverflow is always worth a look at. Though can be a bit pompous about the questions asked. Edited February 19, 2017 by SteamyTea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
