As we all experience with our projects - the Devil is in the details. As I started to figure out how to mount all the components for the sensor in the case, I quickly realized that the case that I had chosen was too small. One significant...
I recently connected my Things Gateway to the Things Network and this Project14 challenge seemed like a good opportunity to do some experiments with the two MKR WAN 1300 boards that I received with the gateway.
I'd like to build a pair of por...
This blog is in support of the Remote Monitoring & Control Project14 Challenge:
"So that is my challenge - make a datalogger of 24 sensors logging data every one minute that could run without mains power or human intervention for 7 days with no...
I have now make the I2C connections between the GridEye sensor and the Nano. The specific GridEye sensor that I purchased did not seem to have any accompanying documentation, although it was claimed there was some on the suppliers website but I could...
Having collected together all the parts I thought I needed to get started with my CatDogFoxBot Project14 effort for Remote Sensing and Control I happily sat down for a couple of hours using TinkerCAD to design some 3D printed parts to hold everythin...
Now that the Remote Monitoring and Control Project14 Challenge has started I have gathered together some of the components and PCBs that I am thinking of using, following on from my initial ideas (CatDogFoxBot #1 : My Initial Idea). The Grideye modu...
Ok, I have settled on the MSP-432 with the Kentec display. Out of the box the feature set is quite impressive:48MHz 32-bit ARM Cortex M4F with Floating Point Unit and DSP accelerationPower consumption: 95uA/MHz active, and 850nA RTC standby operation...
Lets say that my home has 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, laundry, kitchen, Office, and a workroom(I like to tinker). So we are going to need six room controllers. So we will need several sensors in each of the rooms which in turn feed in the correspondin...
Ok, lets start what we mean by environmental control and what is it. Environmental control is what temperature, humidity, air quality. Lets take theses one at a time so I don't loose you.Temperature: This is the current temperature of...
From the start, I have designed Smarthab with connectivity. Smarthab uses several forms of connectivity: Bluetooth, Zigbee,e WiFi, RFID, and Internet. And here is what they do:Zigbee - Interconnection of low-power devices in a mesh network such as m...
Garage omni controller
For my control and automation project I have automated a couple of processes in the Garage. Being a keen home brewer I've decided to upgrade my existing homebrew controller, the existing unit I had...
There are lots of good competitions and stuff going on at the moment and I am torn between which one or ones to get involved with. However, the Remote Monitoring and Control Project14 challenge is one I have been considering for some time. I am bless...
