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by fuzzy2 2194 days ago
A word of advice: double-check you're actually getting a BME280. I accidentally bought a BMP280 which lacks the humidity sensor. -_-

So yeah, I have something similar myself, with a React frontend on the official Raspberry Pi display, a BME680 (never got the IAQ stuff to work though) and InfluxDB + Grafana. No remote/outdoor modules yes, because I'm undecided about the technology.

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Also, doublecheck the readings from this sensor. There has been plenty of report about the temperature reading being much higher than the actual temperature (in my case, I got 4C higher than ambient). Some people says it has self-heating problem since if you put active airflow the temperature dropped.
Yes, the BME280 is very good at sensing temperature deltas, much less at sensing absolute temperature. A correction factor is most often needed with this device.
I live in Michigan so I would leave it be- a few extra degrees of warmth would maybe act as a placebo effect
Built a similar thing: raspberry pi + bme680. Code is python + kivy. Allows me to run the frontend with X.org.

Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBc5uWLDOgc/?utm_source=ig_web_c...