Anyway, go one step at a time

You didn't even figure out how to connect a scale to the rpi

tru

>i want to know if there's a newspaper in the mailbox

without having to go outside

thats the main point

photoelectric sensor

light barrier

using a scale is retarded

do u even ee

or you could use a piezoelectric element that detects the impact of something within your mailbox

endless possibilities

and a scale is the most stoopid of them all

holy shit the photoelectric sensor is pricy

>pricy

wat

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/photoelectric-sensors/4443619/

119 pounds

lol

what the fuck are you searching

you can build a shitty one literally out of an IR LED and a phototransistor/photoresistor

ok

what kind of mailbox do you have?

uhh

idk

like form factor

a box with a slit on top that you tilt to shove in the newspaper

or american-styled that you open in the front that has one of those gay ass flags that the postman is supposed to put up

its like

its a box

with two

umm

pieces

on top

that you have to open

dude

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Quevaal_heyheydecay.net_postkasser.jpg

like this

you can make a sensor for that with fucking aluminium foil

learn2ee

I'm not going to break it down for you, but basically