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SmarterLife Challenge - JLynch Projects, cont.

marsmen

In case I never get it figured out where to properly move it, lol:

SmarterLifeChallenge - JLynch Projects

 

Another awesome productive day!

 

Jumped into the world of thermocouple input for a PSoC 4. More work to do, but happy to see lots of thermal measurement options. Many I'm familiar with. Just in researching and moving forward with this it was good to see that I've had my mind on using thermocouples because I use them in test and development. But, as a consumer product and in terms of product packaging, I realized a thermistor could be a better option. In the end, although the coding and hardware is slightly different, it is still about an analog input that is read.

 

Also, shopping for parts, I'm grateful for the local re-use store (The RE Store: salvaged and vintage building materials, home decor, field and green demolition deconstruction services Th…). They had just what I needed and when I shared with them about the competition, as this is for an engineering home improvement contest, the gave a 10% discount. I purchased other items from them in the past and what better what to develop a product for a home than to start with one that has already been developed to go into a home.

 

My friend, Eammon, and I also dove deep into the world of CapSense today. It seems the documentation is really good, but that the dev kit has some initial settings that seem to be deliberate so that anyone developing with a Cypress PSoC, must do their homework (i.e. dive into the world of application notes). If you can think about how the system should flow and what it is that is happening, then some of these dev challenges are easier remedied. The great part in this type of learning process is that it produces a concrete understanding (for me, lol).

 

Only last thing to mention, today my first Newark parts arrived and I placed my second order. image

  • in reply to DAB

    I found the projects earlier this morning, but didn't get to them until this evening. It is a little disappointing that the different documents for setting this up don't match each other (and aren't clear) and then when I opened and loaded the project, it doesn't match its' own documentation.

     

    In the end, having a working sample is gold (breaks blocking issues). It isn't 100% which means room to modify, tweak, customize!!! This is a good place to be. image

  • Hi Jim,

     

    It sounds like you are off to a good start.

    Yes, the level of PSOC documentation available can be daunting, but it is also very informative.

    If you want to experiment with the capacitive sensing, there were a couple of good projects in the 100 in 100 project list that can get you some valuable experience with the Cypress default settings.

     

    Good luck,

    DAB