VIKI (Versatile Intelligent Controller for Industry) Schematic, Bill of Materials and Component Placement Diagrams

RE: VIKI (Versatile Intelligent Controller for Industry) Schematic, Bill of Materials and Component Placement Diagrams

shabaz — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 07:17:36 GMT

It's alive : )

Here's a five-second video of it, directly controlling a Cree mains LED lamp:

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncbB4FKmaEo:740:466]

It's not really intended for directly controlling mains like this, but it will work. The issue is that the connectors are for an enclosed control panel or cabinet - they are push-fit, and have no strain relief for external mains wiring. So today it should be used for low voltage. In a revision 2 I'm going to look for different connectors.

As far as functionality is concerned, I'm happy that the following things work and are supported with code that can run from Linux shell, or bash scripts, (or any other script) and Python and so on:

lcd_print

relay_out

opto_in

These all use normal stdin/stdout, and command line parameters.

So, to control the lamp, I just typed this in the command line:

[embed:dc8ab71f-3b98-42d9-b0f6-e21e02a0f8e2:3ef06e6b-9b7d-4651-b12d-db8be7f5e991:type=c_cpp&text=.%2Frelay_out+--allon%0A.%2Frelay_out+--alloff]

As an example, these could be run from a Python program to (say) repeatedly flash the lights as a warning every second.

The LCD screen is displaying the IP address, that is done with a systemd service, which calls the lcd_print program with the acquired IP address on startup.

RE: VIKI (Versatile Intelligent Controller for Industry) Schematic, Bill of Materials and Component Placement Diagrams

luislabmo — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:30:31 GMT

Hi Shabaz,

This is a nice idea!. When do you think it will be available for a Road Test? [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-ae837129-2a33-4861-8fa2-d4a29dc6f484/contentimage_5F00_2516.png:16:16]

Luis

RE: VIKI (Versatile Intelligent Controller for Industry) Schematic, Bill of Materials and Component Placement Diagrams

DAB — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:07:35 GMT

Interesting idea.

DAB

RE: VIKI (Versatile Intelligent Controller for Industry) Schematic, Bill of Materials and Component Placement Diagrams

fmilburn — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:39:36 GMT

Hi Shabaz,

I would like to build one and follow along but will wait until you have the first one functioning and then order parts.

Frank

RE: VIKI (Versatile Intelligent Controller for Industry) Schematic, Bill of Materials and Component Placement Diagrams

genebren — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 02:12:30 GMT

Very interesting concept. It seems to provide a simple, but versatile selection of I/O with a clean user interface.

Very nicely done!

Gene