This blog is to detail the changes made to my external sensor. (Hot Water)I've had a few days to apply some thought and to review what information was relevant. In my post here eLDERmon Graphs I made this comment It has hi...
Introduction
Monday 10/11
Tuesday 11/11
Wednesday 12/11
Thursday 13/11
Friday 14/11
Introduction As part of the prize for winning the Forget Me Not Design Challenge, I was invited to attend electronica. It was a busy week, but ...
We are very pleased to announce that Mark Beckett has won the Community Choice Award in our Forget Me Not design challenge. Mark developed a brilliant remote monitoring solution for senior citizens called the eLDERmon. Because of his creat...
We are very pleased to announce that Jay Morreale has won the Runner Up Award in our Forget Me Not design challenge. Jay applied his engineering know-how to making his 100 year-old Victorian home more energy efficient using the products sent to ...
It's hard to believe it's been almost 3 months since the start of the Forget Me Not design challenge. As the challenge is drawing to a close, it's a good time to reflect on my performance and progress. This is my first involvement in...
ForewordI guess my approach to this challenge was a bit different from other competitors. I didn't set out to solve specific problems, instead I wanted to implement my current system the Way I Want To . In the meanwhile, it's not a bad idea t...
Pas Home - Index Final summary demo video www.youtube.com/watch State of implementation of the plan The nagging questions that I will plan to answer with my project are: Did I leave the curtain open or close? (Suc...
IQU is an entry in the Forget-Me-Not design challenge aimed at demonstrating Enocean sensors and how easy they are to use.The project intro is here.I have found the Enocean sensors to be most impressive in wireless sensing, smaller than I expected an...
Prelude
Intro, Waiting platform, appliance monitor, weighing machine and Current Sensor
IOT Current Sensor, MQTT Base station and The Raspberry Pi Rover
System Architecture
Prelude My previous post was a textual summary of work done and ...
So, now that this challenge is close to its end, its time to look back at the project: what did I set out to achieve, what happened on the way and how did it work out in the end. Somehow I actually managed to write one blog entry per week (at least i...
“Forget Me Not and Remember Me Always”“Learn what you can do with the B+” I just can’t wait for the video!Today EnOcean, Tomorrow the World!!Figure: Playing Music from OpenHAB Many thanks to all the sponsors who have put faith in me to participa...
Just a brief post with a video, I finally managed to code a basic UI for the current development phase. Sorry, don't have time or interest to cut the video right now, damn deadlines Video shows the UI in action. Keeping with the idea of aut...
First of all I would like to thank all organizers of this design challenge for showing potential in my design application and all element14 community members for their warm support throughout this design challenge . As now its time to summarize ...
Most alarm systems these days use a keypad on the wall. Before you leave the house, you punch in your 4-digit code to arm the system. When you return, you enter the code again to disarm the system. This approach is limited in a number of ways. T...
In this post I will be presenting a final wire up of the system I developed for Forget Me Not challenge. So now this is what I have at home. I have my raspberry pi hosting openHAB and running a couple of other scripts in my Living Room, beagle bone b...
The X Files - Do you want to Believe? That X10 originated in Scotland? Well apparently it did in 1975.For those who don't know X10 of a power line and radio protocol that is used for controlling home lighting and appliances.For power line transm...
Three's a Crowd The easiest way I could think of to monitor the cat bowl is to have a fixed camera overhead.If you're unsure you've fed your cat then whip out your phone and check to see if the cat bowl is full. For this challenge I have al...
