Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

BLE Kit

Posted on December 2, 2019 by larry

Got my Bluetooth Low Energy Kit setup. Need more Raspberry Pi zeros though, then it will be complete. Also dog is kind of weird, took him to vet today, and she said he may have an injured back. So crating … Continue reading →

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Documented Raspberry Pi and CentOS Builds

Posted on November 30, 2019 by larry

I finally got documentation that works on installing my project on a Pi. Working on Linux for years, so it was pretty easy. Documentation is rough, and needs some refining but it is good enough at this stage. Building CentOS … Continue reading →

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Making Graphs Look Good

Posted on November 25, 2019 by larry

Spent a good chunk of the evening setting up an RRD graph for my BLE Sentry project. It is starting to come together. I know can view different time lines.

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iTag Tracker on Pi0

Posted on November 19, 2019 by larry

It works, and it works well. I got it sensing itag info and recording it to a graph via RRD. I don’t have a complete Bill of Materials but so far it is about $40 and that includes power supply, … Continue reading →

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Scanning Kind of Works

Posted on November 17, 2019 by larry

Here is a screen shot of the chart It works but I have to add the rrd data as a batch file. I am pretty sure I can figure out how to add it via python instead of some weird … Continue reading →

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Data Into Information

Posted on November 16, 2019 by larry

Saw I am collecting all this raw bluetooth data, but it is hard to figure out what is going on by just looking at the lines. I need a graph to make sense of things. Looking at converting csv data … Continue reading →

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Processing iTag Data

Posted on November 14, 2019 by larry

Data collection totally works, and in a manner I like. Each device writes to a file with a power and time stamp. Now I need to graph the results are at least parse the info some how to show when … Continue reading →

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BLE Scan Working

Posted on November 13, 2019 by larry

Got the BLE scanner working. Have it on the a dev/prod system. Also found a way for a clean headless install on a Raspberry Pi Zero.

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Amazing Seahawks Football Game

Posted on November 11, 2019 by larry

Wow, this is the first time a saw a Seahawks game go all the way down to the Overtime wire. Five periods of football, and the Seahawks winning fieldgoal in OT came as time expired. I had a headache prior … Continue reading →

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Got the BLE working

Posted on November 7, 2019 by larry

I think I got the BLE scanning to a point where it works. Using a frankenstein of BASH and Python. But looking good and I should get something done in a week or two.

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