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Publish data with MQTT - The smart entrance - Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest

matfur92

Hello everyone! Here I am with the second step of my project. In previous point (http://www.element14.com/community/groups/arduino/blog/2014/12/23/the-smart-entrance--my-project-for-internet-of-holiday-lights-roadtest) I explained how to install mosq...
- 11 Jan 2015
Working with temperature sensor

markvenn

I have been working with my Arduino Mega ADK and a nice little TO92 temp sensor, the TSIC 301. (Datasheet here) I have been playing with a very basic sketch, all it is doing at the moment is looping around "read value and display on serial"...
- 10 Jan 2015
BYOB Party #11 - Stars for the tree. From Re-flow to Wow, how to make a tree topper fit for any tree

Robert Peter Oakes

Back to the primary blog BYOB Party #1, "Bring you own Bulbs" - The Internet of Holiday Lights OK, so in the last post you where treated to my first attempt at re-flow soldering in an attempt to get my WS2812 LEDS ready for my Holiday Light deco...
- 10 Jan 2015
[Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights : post Christmas blues

Jan Cumps

XMAS is over On January 6, we remove our Christmas tree and lights in Belgium. So it's also time for my Christmas Wreath of Things to switch off.But we still have our Secret IoT Service going on - and I want to enjoy that for a little longer...
- 8 Jan 2015
Internet of Holiday Lights - We meet at Last

e14 Contributor

Ladies and gentlemen, engineers and hobbyists, welcome one and all to my first ever IoT project! As you can probably guess, I am one of the lucky roadtesters for the Infineon RGB shield. Now this blog has been a long time coming, and I sincerely...
- 7 Jan 2015
[Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - NeoPixel Star

fvan

Previous posts in this project:[Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Project Description [Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Getting Started [Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Control from openHAB [Christmas Tree] Internet o...
- 7 Jan 2015
Voice controlled holiday lights w/ OpenHAB & Tasker

electronichamsters

I'm still waiting on my LED lights, which is making me nervous. Perhaps I shouldn't have ordered from eBay So, in the mean time, I've been working on some automation stuff with lights (when I get them). I've always w...
- 7 Jan 2015
[Dynamic Living-room Lights] The YUN talks to OpenHAB

ipv1

List of previous posts Preface Installing OpenHAB and Mosquittoe Configuring the YUN for MQTT Making OpenHAB talk to the YUN More to DO List of previous posts[Dynamic Living-room Lights] Description [Dynamic Living-room Lights] Simpl...
- 6 Jan 2015
[Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights - summary

Jan Cumps

The idea I've been dragging my feet to enter this contest. Working with light is not my forte.But The Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus has a creative component. And that's what pulled me in.I was going to build an Electro Mec...
- 4 Jan 2015
Internet of Holiday Lights: Join the secret IoT Service - open for all

Jan Cumps

Several of us are posting a 'secret' message to the eclipse broker.You can subscribe to our topics and share the Xmas Light of Things. If you post your MQTT payload here, I'll add them to the list. whopayloadfvanfvanjancumpsjancumpspeteroak...
- 4 Jan 2015
[Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Special Feature

fvan

Previous posts in this project:[Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Project Description [Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Getting Started [Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Control from openHAB Introduction Heart...
- 3 Jan 2015
[Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 10 - Secret IoT Team Up

Jan Cumps

The internet is supposed to be a forum for collaboration and sharing. And the Internet of Holiday Lights contest asks for creative use of Eclipse's IoT offering. So the two Belgian guys (Frederick and me) decided to team up and use the internet ...
- 3 Jan 2015
BYOB Party #10 - Re-flow Soldering for Custom Neopixel displays

Robert Peter Oakes

Back to primary BLOG BYOB Party #1, "Bring you own Bulbs" - The Internet of Holiday Lights This is a quick blog to share my experience with trying to solder some WS2812 6pin LED chips onto my custom boards I have about 14 st...
- 2 Jan 2015
My IoT Holiday Lightings...#3 some more options Added

vaghasiamadhuri

Here is short video of my IoT Holiday Lightings with Music controlled LEDs and more options of Random pattern and cool back ground...Circuit diagrams, explenation and codes will be posted soon...By mistakke I have uploaded the same content as documen...
- 2 Jan 2015
Part 3.4 Behold the Color Catcher and Thrower

pmohan

In the earlier posts here, here and here, i was leading up to this: The Color Catcher and Thrower. A glove that can capture colors and sends it out as MQTT message for my WiFi Christmas Tree and other light fixtures to consume. &nbsp...
- 2 Jan 2015
BYOB Party #8 - PI Matrix - Behind the scenes at the PI camp

Robert Peter Oakes

This time we have a sneak peak at the PI household to see their preparations for the BYOB Party Mr PI, not to be outdone by the young whipper-snapper Mr UNO Mrs Yun decided to have a crack at driving a couple of those fancy LED matrix pane...
- 31 Dec 2014
BYOB Party #9 - Meet Minion Baby Bob, Trinket Evolves over night and learns a few tricks

Robert Peter Oakes

The the Minions have been busy educating Trinket and as of now have indoctrinated him into the minion union, This....Is....The....First....BIOMINIONOID. Meet BOB Bob is new, he is improved, he is the first Bionic Minion, he is st...
- 31 Dec 2014
The Santa monitor & lights - (T.I.O.H.L.)part-2

alexev

The Internet of Holiday Lights(The Santa monitor & lights - part-2) Hello again folks and Mary Christmas to you all! In this part i'm going to speed up things a little bit and go to the second stage of the challenge and bu...
- 30 Dec 2014
[Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 9 - Time and Event Management

Jan Cumps

My entry for the Internet of Holiday Lights is an electro-mechanical wreath.My first blog post was a brain dump of possibilities.In my second post I made a paper prototype.My third post was about getting the Arduino Yun up and running.In the fourth p...
- 30 Dec 2014
[Dynamic Living-Room Lights] Build Blog - Setting the stage

ipv1

Link to previous posts Preface What was And so be begin Link to previous posts[Dynamic Living-room Lights] Description [Dynamic Living-room Lights] Simple System Design [Dynamic Living-Room Lights] The YUN review - When the Penguin Met The Ardu...
- 30 Dec 2014
RoadTest Internet of Holiday Lights: Apartment Lighting Extravaganza 3: LCD Screen Learning

jdlui

Slowly working away on my Arduino learning and project for the Internet of Holiday Things RoadTest. Running into some issues on the most basic learning steps such as making an LCD screen work. Maybe you have some suggestions? I got this LM041 d...
- 30 Dec 2014
[Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 8 - Arts & Crafts

Jan Cumps

My entry for the Internet of Holiday Lights is an electro-mechanical wreath.My first blog post was a brain dump of possibilities.In my second post I made a paper prototype.My third post was about getting the Arduino Yun up and running.In the fourth p...
- 29 Dec 2014
IDE ATA Hard Drive with ATmega328p MCU as Controller Question

iexpress

Hi All, I tried to open a discussion but the website wouldn't publish it so I just created a quick blog about this project. I was planning to make a quick IDE hard drive controller with an ATmega328p, and was wondering if anyone might know ...
- 29 Dec 2014
BYOB Party #7 - Mrs YUN gets chatty with iot.eclipse.org and NRF24L01

Robert Peter Oakes

link back to primary post BYOB Party #1, "Bring you own Bulbs" - The Internet of Holiday Lights In this episode I will demonstrate and provide all the code used to allow a browser / smartphone / tablet to adjust the colour of a light s...
- 29 Dec 2014
[Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: software side note - dodgy advent logic

Jan Cumps

My entry for the Internet of Holiday Lights is an electro-mechanical wreath.I am now working on the software part of the 'advent state' logic. In my design, there is a bottom layer (the wreath) with 4 lights that represent advent candles. They a...
- 29 Dec 2014