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Smight - smart light system project

gelmi

Hello to you all!I would like to give you an overview of my project idea I am planning to execute for this challenge. I have called this project Smigth as a shortened version of smart light system. Probably all of us have seen some movies on youtube ...
- 30 Oct 2013
Delivery and some links

wireb

Look what came in the mail today: And here are the poor neglected plants And found a few good links on the various types of soil moisture sensors I though I would share.http://test.gardenology.org/wiki/Measure_Soil_Moisture#Soil_Electrolyt...
- 30 Oct 2013
Smarter Life Challenge: Smart Bicycle Light (update #1)

ajkahl

Hi all, I don't yet have the dev kit, but I've been familiarising myself with creator, and checking out a bunch of datasheet and apps notes on psoc. I've also broken my project down into bunch of hardware/firmware blocks and working out wha...
- 30 Oct 2013
A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 001

COMPACT

Introduction Every single year Christmas displays become more elaborate. What started out a set of fancy incandescent light bulbs on a tree and a string of coloured incandescent lights on a house in the 1960s has now become a full light st...
- 29 Oct 2013
Smarter Life Challenge: Smart Bicycle Light

ajkahl

Hi all, below is a description of my entry in the challenge. A set and forget bicycle safety light that would require no input from the user other than maintenance (namely battery charging). The light would automatically manage active/inactive s...
- 29 Oct 2013
PSoC Challenge More than a geocaching for the car

camuyano

Since I received the email of being accepted for the challenge was almost as exiting as when I turned on my first LED. So lets talk about my idea and hope to get other as exited as I am about it.What I will be building can be viewed as a geocaching d...
- 29 Oct 2013
Smarter Life Challenge - Researching coffee and espresso machines

PaulMakesThings

I’m looking into coffee makers to use as the basis of my design. It seems like a logical first step since it will help me narrow down what features are viable. I still haven’t decided if I want to use an espresso machine or one that just makes coffee...
- 29 Oct 2013
Kickoff

Former Member

Hello Everyone, This is my first blog post. The focus of my project will be using the PSoC 4's analog integration and low power modes to create a sleep sensor. The sleep sensor will use the observed tendency of humans peripheral body tempera...
- 29 Oct 2013
The UnCoStat Build Log

steveturner

Hello e14 community. My proposal for the design challenge is for a smart thermostat, but that sounds really boring, so I call it The UnCoStat for The Unnecessarily Complex Thermostat!. I have been thinking about the ideal thermostat since our 20 year...
- 29 Oct 2013
PSoC4 Smarter Life Challenge - DAS Project : First Post

bose

Last week, I got a call from Element14 that my idea was selected for the Road-test on the PSoC 4 Pioneer kit in Smarter Life Challenge. This was a pleasant surprise for a weekend to begin. Thanks to Element14, Cypress and Cadsoft for selecting the DA...
- 28 Oct 2013
Smarter life challenge kickoff post

wireb

New to this whole blog thing so please excuse any spelling / grammar issues. My smarter life project idea is an intelligent house plant watering system. Initial goal is to build a system that can monitor soil moisture of my small collection of ...
- 28 Oct 2013
PSoC 4 Tricopter (Smarter Life Challenge) part #1

yuritikhonov

If you like my project vote for "A Smarter Tricopter - Yuri Tikhonov" Good day comrades! I am very glad for the opportunity to participate in a Smarter Life Challenge!The last few years, I am fond of RC models. I already have a wheele...
- 28 Oct 2013
Starting the Smarter Life Challenge - Research on the PSoC 4 and first design considerations

PaulMakesThings

To start with I’m doing some research on the PSoC 4, it looks like it is pretty flexible. I've installed Creator, starting up shouldn't take too long since I’m already familiar with C, and several circuit board layout programs. Since this is an analo...
- 27 Oct 2013
"It's time to pull the plug on dumb technology"

patkelly

The finalists for the Smarter Life competition have been announced - see the full list here The PSOC®︎ 4 represents a smarter phase of embedded technology and life! The PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit is an easy-to-use and inexpensive development platform enabling ...
- 23 Oct 2013
Smarter Life Challenge Finalists Announcement

doctorcdf

It is with great pleasure that I announce our 15 finalists for the Smarter Life Competition. Cypress and element14 apologise for the delay, however there were so many great entries, it was difficult to choose. Indeed, we expanded our list...
- 23 Oct 2013
PSoC 4 Smarter Life Design Challenge - STILL ACCEPTING ENTRIES BEFORE DEC 16TH!

cy.gul

Cypress and element14 are pleased to annouce the PSoC 4 Smarter Life Design Challenge! Are you a Pioneer?Systems and appliances around our homes, offices and cars still lack intelligence and require a lot of manual control. With the advent...
- 16 Oct 2013