FreeBeerReekingMonk thank you very much for your comments.

Yes, I think I will start my first project with RPi's. The reason why I was thinking about PICs solution for the hardware was because I would learn PICs and later may realize some other ideas that PICs are very suitable for. Also, I think power consumption will be less then with other solutions . And also, after years and decades of being not active in electronics, I am eager to do so many staf. A bit not so serious reason but…

I think I will not go with javacript, it will be too much for me.

RPi's are more expensive

For me as a beginner and an amatheur, the price is much more relative in comparison what it means to a professional. Even in the situation when I at this moment can't start project yet, because of the lack of the money and some other reasons. But I believe I will start this spring, till that I will preparing myself and learning. For me, it is the most important that I can finish that project and that I can do as much as possible of work myself, so I want to learn as much as possible.

Think also about theft/rain damage/overheating of hardware and how to secure it

Yes, I think about that. Till 5-10 years ago, that wasn't a serious problem here but now it became. I will maybe have monitoring hives close to someone's house…

I guess that bees guard the hive well

 Yes, of course, but in general our race of bees is not much aggressive. But if I would have installed the hive to crash down in the attempt of theft, thefts will be give up.

Since I didn't begin anything yet, it is pretty childish of me to tell that I have many other ideas about web monitoring in beekeeping. For one, it will be important to have daily average temperature. I will not use RRD for my first project but for sure will use in some next, I see how powerful it is.

In reply to Re^2: Web moniitoring with Perl, comments and suggestions on general approach please by predrag
in thread Web moniitoring with Perl, comments and suggestions on general approach please by predrag

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