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  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights - Bonus kicker: the IoT talks (a spoken tribute to Science Fair kits)

    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 pulled…
  • Internet of Holiday Lights: Road Test Plus review

    The participants of the The Internet of Holiday Lights RoadTest Plus received these three devices: Infineon Lighting RGB LED Arduino Shield Arduino Yún Arduino Uno Evaluation Type: Evaluation Boards Application you used the part in: [Christmas Wreath…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights : post Christmas blues

    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. So I switched…
  • Internet of Holiday Lights:  Join the secret IoT Service - open for all

    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. who payload fvan fvan Jan Cumps jancumps Robert Peter…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights - summary

    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 Mechanical Xmas Wreath…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 10 - Secret IoT Team Up

    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 as our…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 9 - Time and Event Management

    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…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 8 - Arts & Crafts

    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…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: software side note - dodgy advent logic

    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 are always…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 7 - Infineon LED shield works

    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…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 6 - Stepper Motor works

    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…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 5 - Found a Stepper Motor

    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…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 4 - I need Date and Time

    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. This time I…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 3 - set up the Arduino Yún

    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. This time I'm setting up the Arduino Yún. There's an easter egg in this post…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights: part 2 - paper prototype

    My entry for the Internet of Holiday Lights is an electro-mechanical wreath. My first blog post was a brain dump of possibilities. I'm a tiny step further now. And I have received the ingredients. The paper prototype Before diving into the electronics…
  • [Christmas Wreath of Things] Internet of Holiday Lights

    My entry for the Internet of Holiday Lights is an electro-mechanical wreath. For those new to the subject: in Belgium, a wreath comes with four candles. Each advent Sunday we lit one of the candles. The last Sunday of advent, all four candles are lit…