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Enter the IoT at Work & Play Contest and Win an Amber Pi

IoT at Work & Play | Raspberry Pi 3 | Raspberry Pi Projects | Raspberry Pi | Internet of Things

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IoT is one of the most popular topics on the element14 community. element14 talks IoT. element14 builds IoT. element14 learns IoT. element14 is IoT.

 

There's plenty more to say about the love affair between IoT and the element14 community. There's no surprise why. The Internet of Things appears to be on track to revolutionize the way we work and the way we play. Think of all the ways that IoT crosses your personal and work lives, and you'll know what I mean.

 

So, when I was given 7 Amber Pi Design Kits to hand out to community members, what better way to use them than to craft a giveaway for an IoT at Work & Play Contest. (BTW I decided to give a Raspberry Pi 3 along with the Amber Pis.)

 

So, what do you need to do to win one of these 7 kits?

 

Think about how you use IoT at work. Then, think about how IoT is part of how you play (relax, have fun, etc.) after work and go home, go to the coffee shop, go to the gym, or wherever you like to hang out.

 

I'm interested in getting proposals for IoT projects that can be used at WORK or while you PLAY after work. You can put your proposals in the COMMENTS section on this page. I'll wait two weeks and read all the proposals and select the 7 best proposals to send a FREE Amber Pi-Raspberry Pi Kit.

 

In your proposal, be creative

 

Think up an idea of how to use IoT at Work & Play in an interesting way. Remember, IoT is changing our lives. I'm interested in seeing how it can change the way you work and the way you play.

 

Your proposal does not have to be huge.

 

No need to write a book. No more than a few paragraphs. But be specific enough so I can visualize what you plan to build. After I choose the winners, I'll ship you the kits. I'd like to see projects in a month or two.

 

 

Send Me your IoT at Work & Play proposal. Enter in the Comments below.

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Terms_and_Conditions_giveaway_IoT at Work n Play Content with Amber Pi.pdf

  • MY IOT project name is Converting thin Air to Water so we need an development board to testing make a prototype.

    So we can deployed our nodes/Machine to rural area there is no water supply.

  • Excellent quality and range (support flooding mesh mode): long transmission distance (over 2km), choice of less utilised low 868MHZ band offers robust resistance to interference from other frequencies and objects obstruction while consuming low power in both active and dormant state.

     

     

    Readily equipped with 3 on board sensors: humidity/temperature, pressure/barometer, 3-axis accelerometer motion. Has a fourth mini breadboard to allow for adding own custom prototype sensor.

     

     

    All these characteristics immediately strike me that its perfectly placed for building a solid forward observation, monitoring and early warning environment risk management mobile system, with the RF dongle and subGHZ module ready to function as the remote control of an aerial or land drone which then in turn serve as the platform for mounting the whole system.

     

     

    With the increase in occurrences and extremities of natural disasters and adverse weather, IoT technologies can help improve the readiness and lessen the human and infrastructure costs when these events occur and compensate for  poor infrastructure in developing and emerging countries or when fixed infrastructure are knocked out.

     

     

    For example on an outdoor hiking trekking camping hunting exploration whatever trip, with the use of on board A-GPS, we can marked out fixed landing points within a radius of 2km and instruct an aerial drone to periodically take flight and land on theses points, take reading with its suite of sensors. Rapid drop in air pressure and temperature and increase in humidity indicate possible impending thunderstorm.

     

     

    Similarly, rapid increase in temperature, drop in humidity and increase in measurements from added-on haze or CO2 sensors indicate possible forest fires. The GPS coordinates of the areas where the readings are taken can be transmitted to the local fire department.

     

     

    This IoT solution is also applicable to plantation owners and the local authorities.

     

     

    As I have not the expertise nor financial means to build a DIY drone to carry the Amber-Pi, I'll use a big RC car as the mobile platform, with the addition of a moisture sensor probe attached using motors so that it can also take moisture levels of soil while it roam between the checkpoints.

  • I would like to build a blind spot sensor kit that runs on 12v power. I would use sensors x4 on each side (x8 total) attached to my travel trailer (camper or rv depending) so that while I'm driving and have the 36ft beast attached to the back I don't side swipe someone, and it would make parking the travel trailer much easier, ensuring I have room for my slide outs to extend. I could also use it to create a back up camera system instead of buying a separate device. This blends work and play. If this is successful it could be implemented on semi truck trailers, preventing accidents while they are driving. I'm still researching sensors and the programming for distance sensitivity will be interesting. You don't want it to go off every time you pass a bridge. But it would be nice to have to ensure no one is hiding in the back corner of the travel trailer and that you have enough space to merge in front of someone. Thoughts and suggestions appreciated!

  • I just read about AmberPi.

    I would love to have a board but truly I don't have any mind blowing Ideas. Cause only after receiving a board I will be able to lean to program the!

    Maybe I should be provided with a board so that this newbie can learn something and enter into the race of projects and contests.

    Well thank you Randall

  • in reply to badkat7

    The first and third proposals were the ones that seemed somewhat applicable to my situation.  I have the typical 2 story house with a single central furnace/HVAC setup.  Pretty basically just split ducting for upstairs and downstairs with a manual baffle for winter/summer.  And a single point sensing thermostat.  So I have the typical too hot and too cold scenario.  I've thought about powered vents (registers) but never tried any.  I've also thought about an Ecobee with multiple remote sensors and motorizing the baffle but I don't think I'd invest in multiple HVAC units.  Haven't really looked into the mini splits.  I do have solar powered attic and crawlspace fans that I've thought about augmenting and controlling.

  • in reply to dud3

    This is good. So, tell me what you would do with the Amber Pi Design Kit?

  • in reply to rscasny

    Hi, I have experience in configuring and constructing computers, hardware and software repairs and troubleshooting, tablet and phone rebuilding, designing and executing personal networks. In the last 3 years I studied about electronic device troubleshooting, I built and repaired audio amplifiers and many other electronic devices. I built after already existing schemes and devices that help me in my small laboratory for troubleshooting and detecting different problems in electronic equipment.
    I am no stranger to this field only, because I did not have time to study the functioning and programming of the development boards.

  • in reply to ralphjy

    Which particular HVAC proposal?

     

    I am working on the fan design right now.  The combined motor-driven-cam and generator is at the advanced prototype stage (3rd iteration). Blades are trickier - I may have to send out for them because rigidity and tolerances are crucial.

     

    Over Autumn/Winter I will be buying mini-splits for my own house. We already have two whole-house HVAC systems running off ecobee. I had considered reprogramming the ecobee (and may still do so) however the manufacturer wasn't interested in building a hybrid controller which is why I'm rolling my own.

  • in reply to isaacpoad

    You said: "

    This is a sort of plaything really. On our yacht there are lots of little bits to monitor, water in the tanks, water in the bilges (hopefully not), fuel levels, power in the assorted battery banks.

    It would be nice for levels to be monitored and a simple readout to keep us informed if low or high levels.  Maybe even switching the solar panels to charge batteries in need.

    Then if it has spare capacity we could also get it to look after our music collection on board so we can have a type of jukebox operation going.

    That would be so nice."

     

    Does the Amber Pi have sensors to monitor fuel levels or are you going to customize it? You have a number of ideas here. Take a look at the Amber Pi's spec sheet again and focus your idea a bit.  https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2614118.pdf?COM=RoadTests&Reviews

     

    Randall Scasny

    -element14 team