the ethernet shield has a slot for sd cards of some variant on it so I'll have the ability to log to that if I want. I managed to keep the arduino running and reading temps for ages and I had it store the average temps for each of the sensors indefinitely in the arduino itself not a problem. The issue has always been that I want real time( a few seconds to 1 minute delayed is fine) readings available on the internet. the serial port to dump the data automatically just wasn't stable enough. I'm not sure if it's the arduino, my OS or my computer that is causing the issue.
Ethernet will let me sleep this machine and leave the arduino running instead. It should ship early next week I beleive
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