Connected Christmas Trees - Finished!

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dubbie — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:16:16 GMT

A truly impressive project and a worthy winner. One day I might be able to talk to trees as well!

Dubbie

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Problemchild — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:21:07 GMT

Niko, I love the way they talk to each other. It would be cool if they had some sensors and communicated values to the other about them which would change the state of the 2nd then vice versa so there would be a more complex and maybe even self perpetuating communication going on !

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mcb1 — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:06:17 GMT

Well done.

Mine are sitting there waiting for the mods and will be for a while as I have a large workload for the next month.

Funnily ... this sort of project wouldn't have been a struggle 10 yrs ago and even 5yrs ago, would have required more expensive hardware.

Mark

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ntewinkel — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:29:27 GMT

Thanks all, for the encouraging feedback!

While going through the process the failures were quite frustrating at times, but looking back I see how it all adds up to more experience and a few more ideas in the skills toolbox [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-f83932fe-aa26-416f-8665-b0e72eb6d812/6507.contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16] Hopefully the blog posts will also help others if they happen to run into similar situations.

Funny thing is, looking back, that one of the first thoughts I had was that I'd need to separate out the power supply. I should really listen to my instincts a little more often [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-f83932fe-aa26-416f-8665-b0e72eb6d812/contentimage_5F00_2516.png:16:16]

-Nico

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three-phase — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:14:00 GMT

Congratulations on finishing the project - a very enjoyable set of blogs to read through.

Kind regards.

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shabaz — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:19:27 GMT

Hi Nico!

Congrats on the project, and the detailed blog posts were great to see. Very cool how you transformed the basic tree into an Internet connected device!

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14rhb — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 23:15:14 GMT

Hi Nico,

A great set of blogs on a fantastically merry project - it has been fun watching these trees being upgraded from their humble beginnings.

Rod

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genebren — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 22:49:53 GMT

Looking good! It has been a journey and a fun project. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Gene

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balearicdynamics — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 22:29:04 GMT

Horayyyyyy!!! [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-f83932fe-aa26-416f-8665-b0e72eb6d812/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

Enrico