# Node for reading data of BME680 Sensor

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**Created:** [1 April 2020 15:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-for-reading-data-of-bme680-sensor/24039 "2020-04-01T15:18:54Z")\
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> [@Jobi](#):
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> Is it possible to use the d1 without wifi but cable connection to the raspberry pi?

Which cable connection are you referring to?

The whole point of using a Wemos D1 Mini or equivalent is you can position it/them at a remote place.  
i.e. They are acting as a remote slave (that communicates to the RPi via MQTT protocol).  
You just use your RPi as a server running Node-RED and MQTT.

As @bakman2 said... quite a few people on this forum use Wemos D1 Minis to create "systems".

Take a look at one of my student's current project... (as it might give you some ideas).

> [@Solar-powered weather station](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solar-powered-weather-station/12499):
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> One of the students in my IoT Computer Club (here in the UK) is working on a personal project to design and build a solar-powered weather station (that will be located in one of the school's gardens) to monitor and report air temperature, humidity and pressure. Here are the [Objectives and list of items.](http://resources-area.co.uk/bohunt-projects/weather-station/objectives.pdf) The student has split the project into six manageable stages. [Using a solar panel to charge a Li-Ion battery and power a Wemos D1 Mini.](http://resources-area.co.uk/bohunt-projects/weather-station/stage_1.pdf)[Putting the Wemos D1 Mini into 'deepsleep' to conserve …](http://resources-area.co.uk/bohunt-projects/weather-station/stage_2.pdf)

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