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Moisture sensor smarter life challenge

wireb

After fighting with the SD card code for two weeks (when they say it only works with <2GB they mean the card type on the partition size. Only had a 4GB card so formatted it to a 1Gb partition and still did not work. Turns out the way the guts of t...
- 20 Jan 2014
Overview Week 12.... And..... Nooooo.... It's over!!!

vsluiter

Hello all, Update on the complete challengeHere 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 Joseph Man!)Review of first design week!Overview - we...
- 17 Jan 2014
Very Compact PSoC Smarter Life Gizmos

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A Star is Born!I've made and a PSoC 4 Controller PCB and Star LED board and both work very well.The plan is to have lots of stars and light up the galaxy. Although a PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit can be used for ISP and debugging, I have used a MiniPro...
- 17 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge: Smart Bicycle Light (update #9 - project summary)

ajkahl

Firstly I just want to thank those that have contributed to and been involved with the organisation of this competition, there has been some really interesting content posted over the last few months. As far as my project goes I'm pretty happ...
- 16 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge: GeoCar Final post

camuyano

Oh my, this is the final post of the challenge. This has been a great experience and I have learn a lot from all this. Now lets break it down. On the project proposal I wrote all the functionality without knowing much about the PSoC4 product o...
- 16 Jan 2014
Post 11: Smarter Life Challenge: Oven Control with PSOC 4

malamitra

Topic: Electronic component purchase, testing and interfacingYesterday my whole day was spent on S P Road, Bangalore for component and accessories purchase. After spending 3 days for purchase I could get the bare minimum. I am using LM35 for temperat...
- 15 Jan 2014
SteadyClip, An Economical Cameral Gimbal – Part 14: Final Thoughts and What’s Left

jliu83

Sadly, this great contest has come to an end. This leaves the SteadyClip project unfinished as of right now. I’ve had a great run, but I truly do need additional time to fully understand the microstepping of motors to get a complete desig...
- 15 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge - Brainwaves based appliance controller - Final Summary

ciorga

So here I am at the end of the Smarter Life Challenge, and I am happy to say that I had a lot of fun and satisfaction along this time. Starting from a "crazy" idea to control appliances by brainwaves, things became more and more realistic up to...
- 15 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge - The Henrietta Project - Final Summary

dougw

Doug Wong Back to Doug Wong's VCP Profile | Smarter Life Objectives The Smarter Life Challenge was intended to showcase PSoC4 technology and the Henrietta project addresses this requirement, demonstrating the ki...
- 15 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge - The Henrietta Project - Servo Motor Operation

dougw

The Henrietta system is mounted in a picture frame to showcase all of her circuitry. She uses a servo motor to lift the window in front of her picture frame to provide access to the touch pad. The servo feature was included in the project to demonstr...
- 15 Jan 2014
A Very Compact Christmas Display - Presentation Video

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My Smarter Life Please sit back, relax and enjoy this video.It was filmed on location in Sydney Australia.Whatever you do don't miss the end.players.brightcove.net/.../index.html
- 14 Jan 2014
Intelligent Wheelchair:

vu2iti

My Wheelchair project needs obstacle detection along the travel path of the wheelchair. It is also needed to see that the floor is even and to detect stairs and dead ends of the floor for safety. Three sensors are planned for this purpose. The ...
- 13 Jan 2014
Overview, week 11

vsluiter

Hello all, Update on the complete challengeHere 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 Joseph Man!)Review of first design week!Overview - we...
- 12 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge - The Henrietta Project - android app

dougw

This posting presents a video demonstrating remote control of the Henrietta hardware from an android phone via Bluetooth.The android app was programmed using App Inventor, now managed by MIT.To keep operation as simple and intuitive as possible the a...
- 12 Jan 2014
PSoC 4 Tricopter (Smarter Life Challenge) part #12

yuritikhonov

If you like my project vote for "A Smarter Tricopter - Yuri Tikhonov" Good day comrades!1. Earlier this week, I was doing final preparations for the tricopter's flight. TODO list included:Firmware: many small but critical changes;Rx: completion...
- 11 Jan 2014
A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 047

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Modular Panels players.brightcove.net/.../index.html I have just prototyped a modular 8x8 LED matrix board. To show you how simple the wiring is I have made it on a single sided PCB.These panels can be joined together to form a larger displ...
- 11 Jan 2014
Post 10: Part 2: Smarter Life Challenge: Oven Control with PSOC 4

malamitra

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- 10 Jan 2014
Post 10: Smarter Life Challenge: Oven Control with PSOC 4

malamitra

Topic: PID in hardwareKeywords: Op-amp, differentiators, integrators, simulation, TINA-TIFor implementation of PID dual-supply op-amps are required. A positive supply op-amp can be used with the input given at the non-inverting terminal. In that case...
- 10 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge: Smart Bicycle Light (update #8)

ajkahl

It's been a while since my last update, I've taken a little break over new year, I did however find some time to write some code. It's pretty much all done bar managing the charging state and some power saving. I've taken my time to d...
- 10 Jan 2014
A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 046

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Do you ever feel like you're going around in circles? players.brightcove.net/.../index.html This is just to prove that the LEDS on the Light ring are individually addressable and working.The speed of the chasing is varied slightly in th...
- 10 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge - The Henrietta Project - PC App

dougw

This installment of the Henrietta Project documentation covers operation of the touch pad and the remote PC app which uses Bluetooth to set up and control Henrietta. Actually, pretty much the whole system is shown in operation. In addition to program...
- 10 Jan 2014
Post 9: Smarter Life Challenge: Oven Control with PSOC 4

malamitra

Topic: PID in software I wrote the code for the numeric differentiation and integration and applied for PID control. The control loop is not complete. The PID works on an artificial temperature difference profile.I have not received the componen...
- 9 Jan 2014
Smarter Life Challenge - Robo-Barista Elbow in Motion

PaulMakesThings

After fully assembling the Robo-Barista I nearly have the software ready to run all 5 axes in coordinated moves. Unfortunately shortly after this video was taken I entered a move of 1000 when I meant to hit 10 on the shoulder axis and sent it flying ...
- 8 Jan 2014
Overview, week 10

vsluiter

Hello all, Update on the complete challengeHere 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 Joseph Man!)Review of first design week!Overview - we...
- 5 Jan 2014
A Very Compact Christmas Display - Part 046

COMPACT

Recycling Time With the PCB fully operational it is now time to disassemble the breadboard prototype for the next project.It has been a great little workhorse. If you look carefully, you will see that the breadboard prototype uses the PMod ...
- 5 Jan 2014