This project is my second Hackaday.io undertaking, for which I am glad to be in attendance. Efforts made here represent significant progress in my understanding of programming for "progressively exotic hardware and data visualization" scenarios, use cases.

As an example, I had (again) set out to use a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 WH computer for this project. But my homelab wireless access point or WAP only accepts WPA3 connections; which the RPi Zero 2 WH cannot connect to/with. So I chose upgrading to a new Raspberry Pi 5; a computer capable of connecting to WPA3 WiFi signals.

Ultimately I chose the RPi 5 model with 4 GB of RAM, being significantly more memory than requirements for the tasks this computer will be enabling.

Current Hardware Situation

As of August 29th in 2025, I have received all of the hardware components needed for building a prototype. And even attempted to assemble the monitoring device last weekend. But had limited initial success with connecting the AMG8833 sensor to the Raspberry Pi computer.

Next steps include completing a functional first-generation monitoring device, capable of collecting and storing many hundreds of thousands of measurements. As well as beginning to work with (visualize using D3.js) said data generated while the contraption is operating over extended periods of time.

As I make progress, I will update this project page.