Hello all,
This update is a bit late, but due to a "locked knee" (can't fully stretch my leg anymore) I had some other concerns to deal with!
Update on the complete challenge
Here are some posts to get you started if you jumped into this challenge, and didn't get the full context:
Smarter Life Challenge Competitors (thanks joeman!)
Overview - week 2 of PSOC Design Challenge
A word about deadlines
This is a challenge; probably the greatest challenge will be to get your projects finished in time! The community of element14 will also choose a winner, by public voting. That voting opens at December 16th, so it would be nice to have a nice post about your project by that time, just to get a good total view of what you've done. The voting, and the challenge, remains open until the 17th of January.
"My view"
Unfortunately I didn't have time to compete in this challenge. When reading through the blog posts, a few things come to my mind:
- People generally really like the PSOC Creator! Apart from some installation issues, everyone is happy and I've heard no mumbling about 'resource hog' or nasty bugs. In fact this surprises me a bit, because I see a lot of bulky programs appearing that obfuscate and overcomplicate the design ( Code Composer Studio, Altera & Xilinx tooling). With the PSOC you do get a lot of freedom in the hardware / software design, but apparently the tooling is working pleasantly.
- I'm amazed at the possibilities of the PSOC you are showing. I'm getting more and more ideas what I could do with this hardware, and I'll sure do that in future when I've got more time.
- Good to see that so many contributors are still active!
This week in blog posts
| Who | What | Posts This week | Keywords, Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Behnaz | Sleep sensor | Things are heating up (my project involves a temperature sensor - forgive the terrible pun) | This will be a LOW power project, Alex is trying out the components! |
| Abhijit Bose | DAS Project; Digital Security Application, Smart Home Security |
| Connectivity Nothing this week |
| Monte Chan | Smart Christmas Lights | A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 011 A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 012 A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 013 A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 014 A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 015 | LED lighting, exploring feautures of PSOC kit Monte showed the following feautures: SPI Flash, Keypad, LOTS of Timers, Capture, |
| Wojchech Gelmuda* | Smight - Smart home lighting | Connectivity, lighting, LED Checking out the PSOC Creator! | |
| Javier Hernandez | Car security / car tracking, cloud service |
| Sensors, web connectivity Nothing this week |
| Cosmin Iorga | Brainwave based controller | Smarter Life Challenge - Brainwaves based appliance controller - Update 3 Smarter Life Challenge - Brainwaves based appliance controller - Update 4 | Detailed EMG measurements, and some ideas on HOW to control appliances 'using your head' |
| Anthony Kahl | Smart Bicycle Light | User experience, simplicity of use Explanation and demo of Photodiode current measurement! | |
| Linas Karpavicius | Smart Reflow Oven | The specified item was not found. | Control algorithm, PWM for SMPS This week:some example code in PSOC Creator, and general thoughts on PSOC |
| Jianyi Liu | SteadyClip, Camera Gimbal | SteadyClip, An Economical Camera Gimbal – Part 05: The Minimalist Lab SteadyClip, An Economical Camera Gimbal – Part 06: RTOS and SysTick | IMU, motor and motion control This week: building his own home lab to get ready for the REAL hardware: PSOC! Furthermore a very to-the-point basic description of RTOS's |
| Jim Lynch | Smart faucet / Smart lighting | SmarterLife Challenge - A Smarter Way | This week: the perils of buying stuff in real shops instead of online! |
| Mala Mitra | Oven control based on analog PID | Post 4: Smarter Life Challenge: Oven Control with PSOC 4 | General thoughts on the development This week: Problems installing! |
| Peter Shabino | Plant monitor (water, light) | Analog sensing, plant water control Consistent readings for moist level! | |
| Paul Sisneros | Smart Coffee Maker | Automation, process control This week: some thoughts about designing, and another happy Creator user! Second post is about implementing a decoder for incremental position encoders | |
| Mani Thundiyil | Intelligent and autonomous wheelchair | Automation, remote control, motor control Nothing this week | |
| Yuri Thkhonov | Smart Diagnosic System | Control, diagnostics. Serial transmission explained | |
| Steve Turner | UnCoStat, Smart Thermostat |
| User interface, connectivity, Nothing this week |
Good luck everyone! You've got 59 days left until the end of the challenge: 17th of January
