The Smart Room Project - Current Phase

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phoenixcomm — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:49:37 GMT

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RE: The Smart Room Project - Current Phase

phoenixcomm — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:44:17 GMT

I like your story.. but why run cables all over the place?? easier to implement but more complex, brake your project to two parts (or more) all you really need is two wires to go around your room, first is the power, the second is the CANbus, 2 or 3 wires I like to have a good common signal ground. then at each device build a client. lights, blinds etc. you can pick at CAN-spi from China for about one buck. BTW I use a variation of CAN called CANaerospace (higher-level protocol.) and you can send it over an Ethernet cable. one twisted pair, and one more for ground. More info is here on my website. smarthab.us btw this will open in new browser window.

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neilk — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:43 GMT

Very nice project and well written up.

I'm a big fan of MIT App Inventor, particularly for Bluetooth control from my Phone, so I was very pleased to see that you have used it.

Good luck with your next venture

Neil

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three-phase — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:08:07 GMT

Excellent project and detailed write up. I really like that you have plans for future additions to make it even more useful.

The 'cable holders' you used are the right way to go about securing mains cabling, it is good that you have used them to grip around the cable insulation and not the cores. We would refer to them as cable glands, or some refer totem as stuffing glands or compression glands.

You have used glass fuses, I am not sure what is available in your country or what the fault current would be within your houses, but for mains applications, the use of ceramic bodied fuses, known as high rupturing capacity (HRC) or high breaking capacity (HBC) fuses would be a good safety improvement. They can withstand higher energy levels and will remain intact when a fault occurs.

Kind regards

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14rhb — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 22:15:26 GMT

Hi Milos,

That is a well written up project: plenty of great detail, videos and code. I've bookmarked it so I can have a go at making something similar.

Rod

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DAB — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:16:12 GMT

Nice project, well described.

DAB

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genebren — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:11:00 GMT

Nice write-up on your home (or room) automation. I like the second story bed.

Gene