OWFS 1-Wire File System

OWFS

OWFS is an easy way to use the powerful 1-wire system of Dallas/Maxim.

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, ...

1-Wire

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  • 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

  • Temperature, thermocouples
  • Humidity, LCD, pressure, counters
  • Memory, encryption
  • Voltage, current, logic
  • Switches

OWFS

  • Filesystem access ( i.e. 10.001122334/temperature ) (owfs)
  • Web access (owhttpd)
  • Remote network access (owserver)
  • Direct language support for perl, python, php, tcl, C (libow, ownet)
  • Embedded appliances: Linksys router, NSLU2, FOX
  • Bootable CD
  • Supported on i386, MIPS, ARM, Coldfire, Linux, OSX, Windows (Cygwin)
  • FREE, under the GPL license

Uses

  • FUN, hobby projects, neat hacks
  • Home automation
  • Environmental monitoringl
  • Security
  • Process control
  • Server rooms
  • HVAC
  • Weather station
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