I wanted to buy one for myself, but if I can see the data from the network, that is enough.
I mostly use IRIS.edu and other sensor networks.
If there was a school that needed a Raspberry Shake, I do not see a “donate” button.
I am interested in low cost, three axis accelerometers sensitive enough to be called gravimeters. Time of flight for imaging (the speed of gravity is the same as the speed of light). And imaging the whole interior of the earth.
Hello Richard, and welcome to our community!
Firstly, let me thank you for your interest in our products. It’s always great to hear feedback from users and potential users alike. And yes, all data from all Shakes connected to our servers is visible via our many services: StationView (https://stationview.raspberryshake.org/), DataView (https://dataview.raspberryshake.org/), FDSNWS (Raspberry Shake FDSNWS Implementation), ShakeNet App (Mobile and Web Apps — Instructions on Setting Up Your Raspberry Shake), and more.
Secondly, thank you also for providing the suggestion of a Donate button for our Shop. I have forwarded it to our marketing team, so that they have it on their radar.
For what you have in mind, the only model that would satisfy the requirements you ask for would be our RS4D, which includes a geophone for vertical weak motion detection, and three orthogonal accelerometers for strong motion detection. You can find more details here: RS4D | Strong Motion Seismograph
On this model, if you require even more technical specifications, you can find them on this PDF: https://manual.raspberryshake.org/_downloads/RSGlobalTechnicalSpecificationsDocument.pdf
If you require anything else, I remain available.
I wrote a long reply by email. Apparently it did not get here. Check your spam folder.
I would rather sponsor someone than run one of these Raspberry Shakes myself. I like working with data, but rather dislike hardware. I do not have a good place for a sensor like this.
If there is someone who has been running one of these and wanted to upgrade, that might be good. I cannot tell what people are doing. I do not see a summary of the types of Shakes in use.
Hello Richard, I will ask our management to check the emails, thank you again.
All the Shake models (1D, 3D, etc.) in use in our ShakeNet are visible inside the icons on StationView (https://stationview.raspberryshake.org/), so you can check your area (or the area that interests you) by zooming on the map and see what could be needed.
Thanks. There are so many, I did not want to click and strain to see. But I will look tonight when I get a break.
I was hoping I could just ask if anyone needed financial assistance. I thought there might be a regular process of helping groups either get started, or help upgrades ones who have been doing it a while, show promise and might want to try more. Maybe I should just buy one and look at the data.
It is an open data stream? Is there an API. I normally just browser Javascript with either IIS/JScript http server or NodeJs/Javascript http or websocker server – to access files, control devices. I have dozens of projects running, so I am trying to minimize my time spent. I guess I should find my mseed javascript program. I know I wrote one, but I have written hundreds of things like that.
I should not get distracted. If someone wants help buying things I can do a little. I do not know the cost of buying and maintaining one of these RaspberryShake devices. Annual cost estimates somewhere?
If anyone interested is reading this topic, I’m sure they will be getting in contact with you. Currently, we do not have a system that allows registered groups to acquire assistance to get started, as you say, or to upgrade their equipment. But we are working on this and will update the community when we have reached a consensus.
Data is open to anyone via our access portals. As stated, all data from all Shakes connected to our servers is visible via our many services: StationView (https://stationview.raspberryshake.org/), DataView (https://dataview.raspberryshake.org/), FDSNWS (Raspberry Shake FDSNWS Implementation), ShakeNet App (Mobile and Web Apps — Instructions on Setting Up Your Raspberry Shake), and more.
If you want to work with the raw data, the best solution for you would be to use the FDSNWS method, which allows the download of .mseed (miniseed) files from any station in the network, ready to be analyzed and/or elaborated. Many Shakers use Python together with Obspy (https://docs.obspy.org/) to do so, but there are many different ways.
Regarding the Shake price, you can check them on our Shop: https://shop.raspberryshake.org/ I don’t think that the running costs have been calculated, but as it requires only 2.5A @ between 5.0V and 5.2V, they are minimal compared to other energy expenses. This is if internet is already available where the Shake will be installed, otherwise the connection costs must be added up.