It's possible to connect Raspberry Pi UART on PCB board pin header directly to the sensor. This is an enconomical and energi saving way. You need to connect jumper wires between the devices. http://www.radio-sensors.com/pictures/RPi-UART.jpg +5V GND RX TX On the sensor node http://www.radio-sensors.com/pictures/RPi-sensor-s6pin-header.jpg The terminal device to be used in RPi is /dev/ttyAMA0. Suggest to try out communication first with a terminal program like minicom. sensd builds on RPi.