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[Help] Looking for a 3D scan of a Utility Gas meter in Ontario. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by NarrativeBear to c/3dprinting

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I am hoping someone may have the ability to scan the front and top of a utility gas meter that looks like the one above.

I would like the use this scan to model a front cover similar to the one shown in this link below, but suited for this type of meter.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4845512

The purpose of this project is to hold a esp32 board to get consistent meter readings and feed them into home assistant. Here is the project below.

https://github.com/jomjol/AI-on-the-edge-device

Any help would be appreciated.

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[–] NarrativeBear 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A esp32 board is a micro-board with a camera on it, it along with the proper software will allow to see and read the digits on a dial and send them to home assistant.

Think of it like holding a camera with your hands and taking a picture of your meter readings.

[–] RubberElectrons 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah not sure how your request got misunderstood. Now if you'd said "and a display" then... Well.

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[–] RubberElectrons 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's difficult to conclude he meant anything but that. You are more worried about the opinion of your gas company than the rest of us are, and that's fine.

You've made your point, now please hush while the rest of us live more exciting lives.