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ESP-Now device for warning of the approach of Santa!  This device has a Master which detects with PIR or a wire break to set a pin low--it is monitored when a TPL 5111 wakes the unit up.  The solar charger keeps the device charged with a battery mounted on the roof.  The receiver device (Slave) constantly monitors for the ESP-Now communication from the master and announces the arrival of St. Nick with a bright cascade of Led's.

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  • Hi Robert,

    A great project, well done. Are you planning on sharing any of your scripts/code so others can replicate your fun project, perhaps in a later update?

     

    Rod

  • in reply to 14rhb

    Hardest part about this project is finding a good piece of bamboo to use--both the receiver and the master are made of bamboo which are cut in the forest.

     

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    The tubes are cut to their appropriate  length--for the receiver it has about a meter of computer controlled leds.  The transmitter just is a short guy--long enough to hold a solar cell and a battery.  I used a nice flexible solar cell which is contact cemented down to the surface --not quite as efficient but they are reasonably cheap.   To get the wonderful shadowed light effects the leds are mounted just adjacent to the rim and they project onto the inner surface of the tube to light it up--a different way to shield caustic led light from your eyes and one that doesn't involve toilet paper....

    I will upload the code as soon as figure out how your system accommodates arduino ino files....

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  • in reply to 14rhb

    Hardest part about this project is finding a good piece of bamboo to use--both the receiver and the master are made of bamboo which are cut in the forest.

     

    imageimage

    The tubes are cut to their appropriate  length--for the receiver it has about a meter of computer controlled leds.  The transmitter just is a short guy--long enough to hold a solar cell and a battery.  I used a nice flexible solar cell which is contact cemented down to the surface --not quite as efficient but they are reasonably cheap.   To get the wonderful shadowed light effects the leds are mounted just adjacent to the rim and they project onto the inner surface of the tube to light it up--a different way to shield caustic led light from your eyes and one that doesn't involve toilet paper....

    I will upload the code as soon as figure out how your system accommodates arduino ino files....

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  • in reply to robertwerner

    That is a great supply of raw materials you have there. I like your photos, it helps to remind me that being in a Northern climate does not mean it is cold everywhere.

     

    I like your idea of shielding the LEDs as you have, and at the same time perhaps, have helped some insects have a new home. Thank you for the links to sharing your code - always helpful to see what others have done and to learn along the way.

     

    Hope all goes well on Christmas Eve and you get a detection, although I think Santa is quite wise and may not trigger your system image

     

    Rod