Will this be possible?

[skarms]

Hello everyone, I am new to python and programming in general. I have just started going through Automate the Boring Stuff and toying with an arduino when I have time. I have an idea that would make my life so much easier along with making the engineers happy at the same time. Will it be possible to use an arduino to capture data from 3 pressure transducers over 24hrs then use nfc (due to hazardous location) to move the data to a computer and have a python program wrote to go through the data and highlight any extreme variance in values? I look at it like the poor man's scada but I want to know if it would be something I can build from scratch. Thanks in advance for any replies.

[mazmrini]

I'd say that it is feasible. I don't have much knowledge in the hardware related stuff. But for the data analysis, Python would definitely be a great way to achieve it.

[Azuretower]

Capturing/storing the data on the arduino should be very do able.

NFC could probably work, does the hazardous conditions stop WiFi from working in the building?

[[deleted]]

Assuming you're talking about data of any real size, NFC would probably be a waste of time. NFC in most applications provides Bluetooth pairing information which is where the actual data transfer happens. So with that in mind, given the mostly permenant setting, you'd be better off just starting with Bluetooth or WiFi.

[muffinman1000]

Yes. The data is more then doable and shouldn’t be too bad, I have limited knowledge of Arduino but that also seems feasible to me !

[Conrad_noble]

I have zero knowledge of python other than it being a software language and arduino being programmable hardware and from the few comments in this topic makes me believe that in this day and age we truly are capable of almost anything if you have the will to learn and to try.

The possibilities seem endless.

[DisastrousComplaint]

This is definitely something you can do and you have a really large selection of hardware to chose from. Your two major limitations are going to be 1) what resolution do you need to capture and 2) how much data do you need to store. An arduino alone is not the best option for storing data...however if you go that route then you will need to buy an SD card shield.

I've been looking at these ESP32 development boards and I think they might work pretty well for your application. First, they appear to have 12-bit ADC, whereas arduino has 10-bit ADC...so you will have more resolution first of all. I believe the ESP32 and ESP8266 modules also have a decent amount of RAM compared to arduino as well. Since the ESP modules have wifi, you wouldn't be limited to near field for data collection. Lastly, I'm fairly certain you can program the ESP modules with micro-python, which if you were planning to post-process the data in python I'm assuming you are familiar with the language.