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Program the Sense HAT with Node-RED

Program the Sense HAT with Node-RED - Raspberry Pi Tutorial

From the course: Raspberry Pi Weekly

Program the Sense HAT with Node-RED

- Refrigerators account for about 5% of our daily home energy usage. So if I'm trying to save electricity, it makes sense to set my refrigerator to be as efficient as possible. To do that, I need the refrigerator temperature and humidity. In this project, I'm going to show how to use the Raspberry Pi and a sense hat to record that data throughout the day. Hi, I'm Mark Neimann-Ross, and welcome to this week's edition of Raspberry Pi Weekly. Every week, we explore the Raspberry Pi and share useful tips. I built this project with two main parts, a Raspberry Pi zero with wireless and a Raspberry Pi Sense HAT. The Sense HAT conveniently includes temperature and humidity sensors, as well as a eight-by-eight grid of LEDs we'll use to indicate the Raspberry Pi is actually running. I'm powering this with a battery pack so I can put it inside the refrigerator without an extension cord. Assembly is easy. Connect the Sense…

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