Hi all,<br><br>We&#39;ve been after some sensors for motion detection on the RPi and Martin Peach spotted these (thanks again Martin!)<br><br><a href="http://uk.farnell.com/omron-electronic-components/d6t-44l-06/sensor-thermal-mems-4x4/dp/2218000" target="_blank">http://uk.farnell.com/omron-electronic-components/d6t-44l-06/sensor-thermal-mems-4x4/dp/2218000</a><br>

<br>They&#39;re fairly new and I&#39;ve not been able to find anything about anyone making use of them on the RPi as of yet (though after posting a question on the RPi forum I did note that Farnells stock went from 48 the 4 in three days, so maybe something soon eh?:).<br>

<br>I&#39;ve got absolutely no idea what I&#39;m doing with this so could do with some &#39;hand-holding&#39;.<br><br>What I would much prefer would be to keep everything within Pd if possible...<br><br>1st off, and possibly dumb question - do we need [hid]? - My previous experience with xbee sensors did, so this is why I&#39;m asking.<br>

<br>There are a few mentions of using python to get the data received on the Pi and then OSC&#39;ing that into Pd but Miller mentioned on another thread<br>&quot;gpio on the raspberry pi from within pd ?&quot;<br>about writing an external to keep it within Pd.  Any news/progress/tips on that front?<br>

<br>In the same thread Charles Goyard seems to have it working with [textfile], which seems far too simple (I&#39;d very much like that if that was the case)<br><br>The sensor transmits the data as i2c but I haven&#39;t found anything in the archives particularly about anyone translating i2c directly in Pd yet?<br>

<br>We&#39;re going to fire the sensors up and see what happens in an hour or so and then come back to it tonight for a proper session so any and all pointers gratefully accepted.<br><br>I&#39;ll be back to let you know our 1st results soon.<br>

<br>Cheers,<br><br>Julian<br><br><br>