[Ned] sent in his USB temperature sensor. This little guy has a PIC controller, FTDI usb serial interface and a dallas temperature sensor. He managed to keep the cost very low – including the PCB.

Omega’s new IR-USB series of infrared temperature sensors provide a reliable and economical method for most PC based non-contact temperature monitoring. The unit features an IR sensor/signal ...

The project illustrates a temperature sensor which gets interfaced to a PC using a USB port for collecting weather related date like the temperature. The project has been named USbTenki where the word ...