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Send email with photo on movement - The smart entrance - Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest

matfur92

(prev. post is Get a working webcam on Arduino Yun - The smart entrance - Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest read this to have a working webcam on Arduino Yun)In this post I will explain how to start a python script or possibly any other program / b...
- 23 Jan 2015
[IoT Christmas Sparkle Ball] The mirror works finally

clem57

I finished the mirrors and here is a few pictures showing the early results: I am pleased with the results. I would be using the shield except I cannot soldier the headers on. After a few boo boo's, I h...
- 22 Jan 2015
Blog Post #4 : Smartphone Controlled Lighting System - Sending Commands Via A Web Browser, For Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus 2014...

saurocksall

Hello Everyone, This is my forth blog post for the Internet Of Holiday Lighting Road Test, in this post I will explain how did I managed to perform to change the color of RGB led strip with a Web Browser . The setup is really simple it's just the Ard...
- 22 Jan 2015
[Dynamic Living-Room Lights] Paho For Python - Writing better code

ipv1

Link to previous posts Preface The problem The Design The Implementation Conclusion Link to previous posts[Dynamic Living-room Lights] Description [Dynamic Living-room Lights] Simple System Design [Dynamic Living-Room Lights] The YUN ...
- 22 Jan 2015
[Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Finished Build

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...
- 21 Jan 2015
[Christmas Tree] Internet of Holiday Lights - Song-based Lighting

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...
- 21 Jan 2015
Blog Post #3 : Smartphone Controlled Lighting System - Sending Commands Via IR Remote For Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus 2014...

saurocksall

Hello Everyone, This is my third blog post for the Internet Of Holiday Lighting Road Test, in this post I will explain how did I managed to perform to change the color of RGB led strip with a simple IR Remote. Below is a picture of the setup : &...
- 21 Jan 2015
New Arduino Toys

markvenn

I have some new toys to add to my arsenal of kit! Along with a Pi camera I received two nice little additions to my box of bits. I now have a Ethernet shield and a Yun. Not sure how to pronounce Yun; should it be similar to gun? Or maybe similar to s...
- 21 Jan 2015
[Dynamic Living-Room Lights] The Big Picture - The Final Build

ipv1

Link to previous posts Preface Redoing some things The IoT Tree The Moodlights The Controller YUN The Minion Shelf The Bigger picture The Software Link to previous posts[Dynamic Living-room Lights] Description [Dynamic Living-room Li...
- 21 Jan 2015
BYOB Party #16 - The BIG Event finally arrives

Robert Peter Oakes

Back to initial blog BYOB Party #1, "Bring you own Bulbs" - The Internet of Holiday Lights And so all good things come to an end and so it is for this project, as a final entry I present the end solution in its completion The BYOB Party Nig...
- 21 Jan 2015
[Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights - Bonus kicker: the IoT talks (a spoken tribute to Science Fair kits)

Jan Cumps

I thought I was finished with this road test, but the creative part of the brain refused to shut down. Here's my final throw at the [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights - summary.This is my tribute to Radio Shack / Tandy.You pu...
- 20 Jan 2015
[Dynamic Living-Room Lights] IoT Holiday Lights Minions

ipv1

Link to previous posts Preface Getting Minions and assigning them positions Epileptic Minions - A simple motor switch Raspberry Pi program to control the motor Getting Tweets with Python Say hello to Temboo Putting it all together L...
- 20 Jan 2015
Controlling motors using MATLAB support package for Arduino

anujaapte

Madhu here for my blog post after a long vacation! For today's post, I am going to talk about a project that I had worked on as a fun learning project. I came across this wonderful tutorial on Adafruit's website for controlling different types o...
- 19 Jan 2015
BYOB Party #14, "Welcome Texas... Instruments that is"

Robert Peter Oakes

Hi there In my initial blog post I suggested it would be good to not only have way more than the boards provided by the challange (UNO, YUN and Infinion) but also to mix it up a bit by introducing a foreigner into the mix well I did, in the...
- 19 Jan 2015
BYOB Party #13, "Announcing guest callers from around the world "

Robert Peter Oakes

Back to main blog BYOB Party #1, "Bring you own Bulbs" - The Internet of Holiday Lights This kind of brings back memories from the "Euro vision Song Contest" Welcome BelgiumWelcome GermanyWelcome Canada... you...
- 19 Jan 2015
BYOB Party #12, "Creating a control page to add remote ability for your IoT of Holiday Lights"

Robert Peter Oakes

Back to primary blog BYOB Party #1, "Bring you own Bulbs" - The Internet of Holiday Lights At the very beginning of this project kartben (Benjamin Cabe) kindly provided a demo for using the Infinion RGB Shield and with that demo was a colour whe...
- 19 Jan 2015
Internet of Holiday Lights: Road Test Plus review

Jan Cumps

The participants of the The Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus received these three devices:Infineon Lighting RGB LED Arduino ShieldArduino YúnArduino Uno Evaluation Type:Evaluation BoardsApplication you used the part in:[Christmas W...
- 17 Jan 2015
Blog Post #2 : Smartphone Controlled Lighting System - Sending Commands Via Bluetooth, For Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus 2014...

saurocksall

Hello Everyone, This is my second blog post for the Internet Of Holiday Lighting Road Test. In this post I will discussing how my setup for the Bluetooth Communication Between My phone and Arduino YUN, Below is the photo of my setup: &nbsp...
- 16 Jan 2015
Internet of Holiday Lights - Minion of the New Year - Final Week

doctorcdf

Many thanks to all those who are participating in the Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus: the projects have been inspiring as well as illuminating, and have unleashed a flood of creativity which hopefully will inspire great IoT projects in 2015...
- 16 Jan 2015
My IoT Holiday Lightings...#4: Final Build 1

vaghasiamadhuri

Previous posts..My IoT Holiday Lightings...#1: Introduction My IoT Holiday Lightings...#2: First prototype My IoT Holiday Lightings...#3 some more options Added My IoT Holiday Lightings...#3: Second prototype with Music Controlled lightings and more opt...
- 16 Jan 2015
Get a working webcam on Arduino Yun - The smart entrance - Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest

matfur92

Today we will see how to run, on Arduino Yun, a webcam protocol compatible UVC (virtually every recent webcam supports this protocol). First, install the sftp to read and write files into the Arduino Yun. From SSH do the following commands:opkg ...
- 16 Jan 2015
[Arduino Light Spots] Client building and coding + 3W RGB LED + Infineon shield!

e14 Contributor

In the previous days I have built the code for all my clients (the light spots): they receive TCP commands from the Yún and control the lights accordingly. 1. The 3W RGB LED. The first one is an Arduino Uno connected to a custom, constant-c...
- 15 Jan 2015
[Dynamic Living Room Lights] The XMAS Tree

ipv1

Link to previous posts Preface The tree that was... How to never leave Christmas behind! Xmas Magic later.... Tree Controller Connectivity The static mode The Dynamic Mode Beware of Bugs What Next? Link to previous posts[Dynamic L...
- 14 Jan 2015
IoT Christmas Ornaments - The Software, Part 1

e14 Contributor

I've been hard at work on my IoT Christmas Ornaments project, specifically getting the software and firmware for my little lights working nicely. As a first step toward that goal, I dove into the manual Infineon provides for the XMC1202 board in...
- 12 Jan 2015
Blog Summary #002 : Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus 2014

cstanton

The Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest+ is running from December 8th to January 23rd 2015Previous Activity:Blog Summary #000 : Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus 2014 Blog Summary #001 : Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus 2014Current Acti...
- 12 Jan 2015