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[iot umbrella] #11 FINAL DESCRIPTION

.lukasz. — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:07:05 GMT

Hello for everyone. After many hours of work, I can show my umbrella project.At begin I want thanks for my wife (for patient) for my friend Jonatan (for 3D printer ) for Daniel Defoe (for very fast realizing my orders),for my young daughter (for...(read more)

Blog Summary #005 : Internet of the Backyard Challenge 2014 - Final Day

cstanton — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:28:25 GMT

The Internet of the Backyard Challenge is running from August 13th to November 7th.Previous activity:Blog Summary #000 : Internet of the Backyard Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #001 : Internet of the Backyard Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #002 : Internet of...(read more)

[IoT_Grass #6] IoT Backyard Challenge GGMS - Summary

BigG — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:02:05 GMT

And so the IoT Backyard challenge is sadly drawing to a close. Like most engineers, no project is ever really complete as there is always room for improvement and so I feel as if I've only just got started with developing my application. The TI S...(read more)

CC3200 IoT Backyard Challenge Tomato Greenhouse Summary

janisalnis — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 02:33:00 GMT

Previous post: Energia is out there for CC3200 A summary for Internet of Things roadtest Thanks to Texas Instruments Element 14 for possibility to be a roadtester for Simplelink Wi-Fi CC3200 launchpad. It is a single chip contain...(read more)

Internet of the Backyard Design Challenge Update

LuckyMrH — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:19:42 GMT

I would like to update you with my Design Challenge. I was originally going to design a water system for my wife's square foot garden. Shortly after being notified I won a kit, my health turned bad, and I got extremely ill for a long time. ...(read more)

Internet of the Backyard - The Final Days

doctorcdf — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:28:27 GMT

When this challenge launched, the summer was fresh and green; as winter draws close, it's time to say farewell to memories of backyard barbecues and laying in the sun. So too, this is the last week for the Internet of the Backyard challenge.Jus...(read more)

[iot_umbrella] #10 power supply – description

.lukasz. — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:58:24 GMT

For umbrella project I build my own power supply system. - solar panel (3V, 80mA)- storage/battery element (LiPo rechargeable battery from Fuel Tank BoosterPack)- my own universal solar charger device (based on TI bq255040 )- TI TLV70433 LDO (3,...(read more)

Time flies. Birds fly. Hard to find either one!

Former Member — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 01:37:35 GMT

I picked up a helper to move the engineering side along a little more quickly, so I finally have some time to post. As a total rookie, the learning curve to get the TI to bend to my will is pretty wicked. The last month+ has flown by. The bigges...(read more)

[iot_umbrella] #9 gps module – description

.lukasz. — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 06:46:24 GMT

In my umbrella project I used gps module. After start device turn on gps module and waiting for geographic position . Latitude and longitude values are used in weather forecast algorithm. If user dont have gps module, then he can turn off ...(read more)

Blog Summary #004 : Internet of the Backyard Challenge 2014

cstanton — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:30:40 GMT

[IoT_Grass #5] IoT Backyard Challenge GGMS - Blooming marvelous

BigG — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:59:40 GMT

I finally have my cc3200 Launchpad posting data to Plot.ly using Energia (www.energia.nu) compiler / Wiring framework. It took awhile to sort out but feels great to finally get all my charts initialised in the correct format and my data streaming to ...(read more)

[iot_umbrella] #8 lcd - description

.lukasz. — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:11:42 GMT

In project I used lcd from nokia 5110 (PCD8544 driver),It is monochrome graphic lcd with resolution 84x48 pixels In used ready hardware ( foto below )and connected it into CC3200 LaunchPad ( schematic below ) Communication with lcd is...(read more)

Blog Summary #003 : Internet of the Backyard Challenge 2014

cstanton — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:58:07 GMT

[iot_umbrella] off topic

.lukasz. — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:33:07 GMT

from 8 years I write articles about Texas Instruments products( the most about MSP430 microcontrollers ) now I will start writing course "MSP430 with FRAM in examples"(course based on LaunchPad MSP-EXP430FR5969, MSP430 Wolverine series)In attach...(read more)

[IoT_Grass #4] IoT Backyard Challenge GGMS - Time flies when waiting for grass to grow

BigG — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 23:27:39 GMT

Thanks to an unseasonally warm September month I finally have plenty of long grass to work with... and the grass sensor node is coming along slowly but surely. Here is my first attempt at the grass node sitting in shorter grass... yes I mo...(read more)