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Part 4. Your Personal Dashboard

Rachel edited this page Jul 21, 2015 · 3 revisions

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Go to your Initial State account and click on the new data bucket with the name corresponding to the BUCKET_NAME parameter (i.e. Yun Sensor Box). Click on Tiles to view your sensor box dashboard. You should see six tiles once you have let your sketch take measurements at least once - Humidity, Temperature, Heat Index, Light, Motion and How Am I Feeling. Wave in front of the motion detector, cover the light sensor, and watch the dashboard update in real-time. This dashboard gives you the ability to see what is happening in your room at-a-glance, very handy when you aren't at home or out-of-town.

If you want to see if there was motion in the room, look for a walking man in the Motion tile. Based on the light level in the Light tile, you can tell whether or not the lights were on. You can also see how Temperature and Humidity changed over time.

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Switch to the Waves visualization to better see the history of your sensor data. With Waves you can take measurements and dig through your data to see when things happened. I can see that the lights were still on even though no one was in the room on July 16 from 12:09 pm to 12:18 pm.

This sensor box would also be useful to place in a garage or room where you may keep a pet. With it you can track the heat index to make sure that they aren't in dangerous conditions, especially during the summer.

This final section will show you how I crammed the Yun, breadboard and sensors into a convenient little box.

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