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PiIoT - The perfect reading place #15 [tech]: Stepper motors and controller testing

balearicdynamics

IntroductionThe moving parts of the Art-a-tronic opera (created from an original digital-art of Lorenzo P. Merlo) and the Dynamic surface (coming soon) uses a 28BYJ-48 geared stepper motor and a L298 motor controller offered by the second sponsor of ...
- 7 Aug 2016
PiIoT - The perfect reading place #14 [tech]: Art-a-tronic, assembling the structure part one

balearicdynamics

Introduction Finally this part of the PiIoT project is almost complete! All the 3D printed elements are ready to be assembled but not all can be done yet. With the top and bottom - the two biggest layers - complete, before adding the moving parts the...
- 7 Aug 2016
Pi Control Hub:Spoke2:Blinds Automation(continued)--Driving Motor with EnOcean PushButton

carmelito

Here is a quick update to the previous blog post in which we setup EnOcean Transervir module and tested PushButton switch(PTM210) ,Magnet Contact Transmitter(STM329) and the Temperature sensor(STM332) with FHEM home automation server(Pi Control Hub:...
- 6 Aug 2016
LCARS (Library Computer Access Retrieval System){Star Trek} - Pi IoT Blog 5

dougw

I have started collecting all the tablets for this project and even started programming a couple of the apps.The android app below is my first LCARS app - it monitors temperature and humidity remotely via Bluetooth. I will post more on this app and r...
- 5 Aug 2016
PiIoT - DomPi 09: Presence Emulator

mg.sergio

These last two weeks have been quite hectic in terms of progressing with DomPi. My first intention was to develop most of the features and functionalities in C++ modules which would connect among them and with the openHAB via Mosquitto messages. When...
- 4 Aug 2016
PiIoT - The perfect reading place #13 [tech]: Art-a-tronic, the base and motors holders

balearicdynamics

Introductionwww.youtube.com/watchThis is the last part of the sub-project Art-a-tronic created in cooperation with the artist Lorenzo P. Merlo. In the previous posts we saw the design, 3D printing and testing of the top structure, the more complex pa...
- 4 Aug 2016
Pi Control Hub:Spoke 2:Blinds Automation-- Setting up EnOcean Sensor and Blinking LEDs

carmelito

This blog post is a prerequisite for the Blinds Automation spoke. As part of this spoke we will automate the opening and closing of the blinds using the EnOcean Push button switch module connected to the Raspberry Pi B+.In this blog post we will atta...
- 3 Aug 2016
[Pi IoT] Alarm Clock #13: Text to Speech

fvan

Offline Installation Voices Online Switch Demo Now that we are able to easily create and customise voice commands on the Pi, let's do the reverse and create voice responses. As mentioned in my previous post, There are a lot of voice...
- 3 Aug 2016
Design Challenge Project Summary #24: The Perfect Reading Place **Final Update**

CharlesGantt

Welcome to installment number twenty four of the Design Challenge Project Summary series here at Element14. For those of you who are new to my content, in this series I will pick a single Design Challenge project from the current challenge, and write...
- 3 Aug 2016
Design Challenge Project Summary #23: Plant Health Camera **Final Update**

CharlesGantt

Welcome to installment number twenty three of the Design Challenge Project Summary series here at Element14. For those of you who are new to my content, in this series I will pick a single Design Challenge project from the current challenge, and writ...
- 2 Aug 2016
[Pi IoT] Alarm Clock #12: Voice Control

fvan

Microphone PocketSphinx Installation Dependencies SphinxBase PocketSphinx Testing Configuration Audio Devices Dictionary & Language Model Grammar File Demo We have seen many forms of voice control, and I've used some of them...
- 2 Aug 2016
Pi Control Hub: Spoke 1 :Security Camera -- STL files to 3D print

carmelito

The previous two blog post showed you how to install motion to stream video from the Pi Camera , followed by setting up lighttpd with Single File PHP Gallery 4.6.1 to create a simple photo gallery so that you can check out the pictures of the intrude...
- 1 Aug 2016
The Starship Enocean Voyager - Pi IoT Blog 4

dougw

The theme of this design challenge entry is a Star Trek IoT command center alcove. Of course a Star Trek command center is part of a Starship. In this case the starship is a habitat class science vessel capable of warp 1. Its ongoing mission is to ex...
- 1 Aug 2016
How many tablets to use? Pi IoT Blog 3

dougw

Over the short period that tablets have been affordable I have somehow acquired at least 8, although I only actually paid for 3 of them. I also have acquired at least 7 Raspberry Pi modules, none of which I actually bought. One goal of this project i...
- 1 Aug 2016
element14 and the photon torpedo - Pi IoT Blog 2

dougw

My Pi IoT blogging progress has been dismal although I spend lots of time on the project, mostly trying to figure out how to create the decor I want within a budget I can afford. This blog is about some of the "research" I have been doing for my Star...
- 1 Aug 2016
PiIoT - The perfect reading place #12 [tech]: SenseHAT interactive, the controller interface case

balearicdynamics

A special casewww.youtube.com/watchThe position and motion sensors information from the SenseHATSenseHAT on the Raspberry PI3Raspberry PI3 together with the RGB 8x8 display are the perfect tool to make the controller interactive interface for I...
- 31 Jul 2016
[Pi IoT] Thuis #9: Status Update

rhe123

I’ve been busy with a few other things, so that’s why it has been silent on the IoT front. As I also just past half of the blog posts, I thought this would be good time to reflect on the plan and report the latest status. In this blog I’ll go through...
- 31 Jul 2016
IoT Farm: Blog 6 - Gastro Ocular Agro Terminators! G.O.A.Ts!

jkutzsch

Today while the family was celebrating my 47th successful trip around the Sun on our fine planet Earth we saw a sign advertising an interesting addition to our Farm. Not only does this have great potential to maintain the Farm but it's abil...
- 31 Jul 2016
PiIoT - The perfect reading place #11 [doc]: Press news

balearicdynamics

English translation to the bottom. Full article link: Il quadro che parla ai non vedenti ha un cuore elettronico trofarellese – CentoTorriCredits: Sandra Pennacini The 'electronic heart' of the picture that speaks to the blind comes from T...
- 30 Jul 2016
PiIoT - The perfect reading place #10 [doc+tech]: SenseHAT interactive, the easy controller interface

balearicdynamics

ForewordThe PiIoT project requires an interactive user interface supporting some special features. It is an unconventional one including both the most common user approach and an unusual behaviour. We identify two cases: case A and case B.Case AThe u...
- 30 Jul 2016
Pi Control Hub: Spoke 1 :Security Camera (continued)- Photo gallery of the intruders

carmelito

This is continuation of previous blog post , where we installed motion to stream video from the Pi Camera, which acts as live preview of the security camera.For more details check out - Pi Control Hub: Spoke 1 :Security Camera - setting up Motion to ...
- 29 Jul 2016
[Pi IoT] Plant Health Camera #6 - Putting the slave Pi to work

gpolder

Now the Pi 3 is running well, with the camera and OpenCV, we need to install the second camera and Pi as slave system. Previous posts:[Pi IoT] Plant Health Camera #5 - OpenCV [Pi IoT] Plant Health Camera #4 - Putting the parts together [Pi IoT] Pl...
- 29 Jul 2016
[Pi IoT] Alarm Clock #11: Clock Display

fvan

Enabling I2C Connecting Hardware 3.3V vs 5V ? Python Library 7-Segment Display 8x8 LED Matrix Demo This post will be about the display of the actual alarm clock. It will consist of two components, visualising different information...
- 29 Jul 2016
PiIoT - The perfect reading place #9 [tech]: Art-a-tronic, mechanic test

balearicdynamics

Before proceeding with the motor setting - wiring and firmware - a full cycle of the mechanic components (see the previous post PiIoT - The perfect reading place #8 [tech]: Art-a-tronic, setting the moving parts ) has been printed, manually refined a...
- 29 Jul 2016
Design Challenge Project Summary #22: Smart Competition Home **Final Update**

CharlesGantt

Welcome to installment number twenty two of the Design Challenges Project Summary series here at Element14. For those of you who are new to my content, in this series I will pick a single Design Challenge project from the current challenge (Pi ...
- 27 Jul 2016

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PiIoT - The perfect reading place #15 [tech]: Stepper motors and controller testing

PiIoT - The perfect reading place #14 [tech]: Art-a-tronic, assembling the structure part one

Pi Control Hub:Spoke2:Blinds Automation(continued)--Driving Motor with EnOcean PushButton

LCARS (Library Computer Access Retrieval System){Star Trek} - Pi IoT Blog 5

PiIoT - DomPi 09: Presence Emulator

PiIoT - The perfect reading place #13 [tech]: Art-a-tronic, the base and motors holders

Pi Control Hub:Spoke 2:Blinds Automation-- Setting up EnOcean Sensor and Blinking LEDs

[Pi IoT] Alarm Clock #13: Text to Speech

Design Challenge Project Summary #24: The Perfect Reading Place Final Update

Design Challenge Project Summary #23: Plant Health Camera Final Update

[Pi IoT] Alarm Clock #12: Voice Control

Pi Control Hub: Spoke 1 :Security Camera -- STL files to 3D print

The Starship Enocean Voyager - Pi IoT Blog 4

How many tablets to use? Pi IoT Blog 3

element14 and the photon torpedo - Pi IoT Blog 2

PiIoT - The perfect reading place #12 [tech]: SenseHAT interactive, the controller interface case

[Pi IoT] Thuis #9: Status Update

IoT Farm: Blog 6 - Gastro Ocular Agro Terminators! G.O.A.Ts!

PiIoT - The perfect reading place #11 [doc]: Press news

PiIoT - The perfect reading place #10 [doc+tech]: SenseHAT interactive, the easy controller interface

Pi Control Hub: Spoke 1 :Security Camera (continued)- Photo gallery of the intruders

[Pi IoT] Plant Health Camera #6 - Putting the slave Pi to work

[Pi IoT] Alarm Clock #11: Clock Display

PiIoT - The perfect reading place #9 [tech]: Art-a-tronic, mechanic test

Design Challenge Project Summary #22: Smart Competition Home Final Update