Used with Bicycle Powered Stereo (Old JVC Stereo and Marantz Speakers)
Tri-colored LED, One Push Button, and One 7 Segment LED Display
Utilizing Light Sensing Daily Sunrise and Sunset to Control Lights in early morning and evening
Goldfish Pond with Hydroponic Agriculture
Just what it says, turn lights on or off
for Solar Powered Trolling Motor (updated to include "smart blink" indicating battery level 12-17-2013)
a simple "Light Show" program demonstrates complete control over all segments (useful with many projects)
to recharge the many Gel-Cells that I use all the time (Utilizes 3 Digit 7 Segment Display for monitoring voltage level)
First Shot at Doing This (using home made encoder wheel)
Utilized at&t's $10/month Unlimited Texting (just for one Month)
What Did We Ever Do Without It! (wireless "serial" communications)
A multitude of ways to "run" these" (bi-polar and uni-polar)
"Dual" Sensors allow for Position, Direction, and Speed Control **Plus** SD Card Records "Target" Positions
Includes an "Altitude Zeroing" button and utilizes a 2x16 LCD Display Module and XBee Wireless Serial Communications
Connects To Your Network To Allow You To Monitor Things From Anywhere! (Automatically Reports IP Address for Convenient Access)
Monitor and Control with Messaging via the Web (see Simple Automation Biz - Station2 and Station2's Recorded Activity)
E-mail Activities to your Smart Phone.. Now how about Texting!
2 Lights, messaging, and halfway to temperature monitoring and control at a local business.
The "Web Control" System fully Implemented to Control the Lights and Temperature at Computer Quest..
PonyProg2000(64bit) Programmer Software Utilized to deploy ".hex" files to the MicroController on bread board
..and I think we're on a "roll".. (Noting that it Utilizes AVRDude for deployment just like the Arduino IDE..)
DB9 Serial, USBasp, ICSP, ATMega328 and ATTiny Sockets and Connectors (Serial for "Monitoring" serial output from the "Arduino", or for Programming along with all the rest.)
Started work on designing and developing Wireless Thermometer (just for starters) using nRF24L01 2.4 Ghz (quite inexpensive) "Transceivers", cause they just "came in". Figured out these need a good 3.3 volt supply though..
Thinking about what all I will be able to do for/with Arduino Project(s) now!
Redesigned Voltage Regulator + XBee, and Converted Altimeter Project for this "Wireless Reader", which lets you Remotely "Read" the Regulated Voltage. (Utilizes a 2X16 LCD for the Display.. ..also doubles as a wireless voltmeter, thus far..)
Incorporated with Redesigned Voltage Regulator still utillizing Wireless Reader..
Velleman K8200 Kit ( Supposed to be in on the 4th )
Calibration/Fine Adjustment/Testing/Printout Demonstration Accomplished
Finally working quite nicely.. (Upgraded Multi-purpose Programmer/RS232 "module" to utilize MAX232 Chip..)
Click "On Button" to turn light on and "Off Button" to turn light off. Working on "Status Reporting" next..
Now looking at WebSockets to try and Impliment a little better Performance..
Changes the button states without re-loading the whole page Red Light/Green Light Demo
This version has a momentary Buzzer that audibly lets "you" know that a "condition" has changed and sends Text Notifications as well..
JavaScrip Rock Paper Scissors Running on Node.JS With image Buttons, and Slowly Studying Node.JS Book..
The Arduino is using "Local" UDP Packets to "Post" Data to Chat Server, A Node.JS Script Server.
Type in "fah" to switch to Fahrenheit and "cel" for Celsius, "temp", "hello", and most any other phrase or sentince..
With frequency and Pulse Width Controls..
I think the Software Is Working Right, but now I'm haveing trouble getting the MOSFET to fire..
You have to be carefull, sometimes, when trying to "drive positive" from an Arduino Output Pin. "Driving Negatively" has a lot more current available! Also, it's now running at 240 hz, instead of 60 to increase "reaction time" without having to do some PID controller software type of thing, or something, and I haven't quite gotten around to implimenting the rectifier and inductor for increased efficiency though.. (I should have the schematic up here so you can see.. ..I'll try to work on that..)
Starting off with just turning the pump on when the battery gets charged, and then off when it's "run down".. (~14.2v Charged and ~10v, under load, for "runned down"..)
Possible future embellishments could include an inexpensive flow meter (or Hall Effect Flow Sensor from E-bay) to be able to tell if things are working correctly or not.. ..and if not, then it should "shut down", maybe, or do something.. ..hmmm..
#1 can turn on and off #2's Random Phrases, and #2 can turn on and off #1's Random Phrases..
2015-03-30 Morse Code over Internet "Arduino Unit".. Demonstrates Empressive Reactiveness Using NodeJS Server Arduino to NodeJS Utilizes UDP (Low Overhead, and Easy to Use!)
2015-05-08 Been using these really "Quite Inexpensive" Little Wireless ESP8266 Modules that will operate as..
"Access Points", "Stations", and/or Both, supposedly.. eheheh..
1. As an Access point you connect directly to it with your smart device or laptop..
Use your Browser to control and monitor "things" that are hooked up to it..
You have to be in range of it's signal but does not rely on having internet access..
It "is" the "HotSpot" that you "connect" to, with the internet not even being involved..
2. As a Station, it can communicate with the "NodeJS" Server..
Which is the Common Monitoring and Control Interface accessible by "all" on the INet..
(That is at "That Other Same URL" as before..
..or up at the top of this page, two times..)
3. One example simply utilizes a Temperature Sensor and PIR detector, currently, located on my back porch..
It Wirelessly "Broadcast's" the temperature measurement every minute and..
(for example: "11> Temp 79.58º F Up Time > 1554 Minutes")
It Wirelessly "Broadcast's" Motion Detected, whenever the PIR detector is activated..
Then other "Arduino's" hear or "receive" these commands, analyze and act upon or respond to them appropriately, like..
Indicating Motion by illuminating an LED and/or sounding an alarm when they see the word "Motion" in the "interface"..
So far it seems like it's been working quite well..
2015-06-06 Thinking about.. 1. Reconstructing the Servo-Motor Controller Project.. 2. Connecting it to the Common Interface.. 3. Creating a new Unit that utilizes an accurate position sensor that Sends Commands to control the Servo-Motor Unit and even.. 4. Provide "feedback" back to the "Sensor" Unit with, say.. Presure Measurements or Actual Motor Position, etc..
2015-07-02 Didn't get very far, yet with the "Dueling Servo's", cause of.. 1. H-Bridge complexity ( for driving the servo both directions from a single Power Source ) a. Driving the two "upper" PowerFET's requires a higher voltage than what we "use"/have.. b. How about a "voltage doubler"..? c. Wait a minute.. We could drive the motors with 6 volts, from a 12 volt battery, maybe..? d. Hmmm... A"Bucking" Regulator may work well for this.. (One is available as well..!) 2. Still need another Servo.. 3. Arduino to Arduino via UDP Communications still unsuccessful.. 4. Survived "hacker" attack.. I think it was a "SIP" server that Managed to get "registered" with the "Screen".. (I think that's what I'll try to call it) 5. Ran out of "Room" with the Uno for doing some "fancier" features.. Like the wifi12 thing, for instance..
2015-08-03 Didn't get very far, yet with the "Dueling Servo's", cause of.. 1q H-Bridge complexity ( for driving the servo both directions from a single Power Source ) a. Driving the two "upper" PowerFET's requires a higher voltage than what we "use"/have.. b. How about a "voltage doubler"..? c. Wait a minute.. We could drive the motors with 6 volts, from a 12 volt battery, maybe..? d. Hmmm... A"Bucking" Regulator may work well for this.. (One is available as well..!) 1a Purchased a couple "pre-built" H-Bridges.. 2. Still need another Servo.. 3. Arduino to Arduino via UDP Communications still unsuccessful.. 4q Survived "hacker" attack.. I think it was a "SIP" server that Managed to get "registered" with the "Screen".. (I think that's what I'll try to call it) 4a Added Registration Requirements within the Node JS Script.. 5q Ran out of "Room" with the Uno for doing some "fancier" features.. Like the wifi12 thing, for instance.. a. This could be causing some of the intermentant problems, or b. "Timing" issues or "collisions" could be a culprit.. 5a Reduced the number of Units all running at the same time.. a. Only have 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 powered up, and 10 and 12, at this time, seem to be the only ones that has very much trouble.. Hmmm.. b. I think there may be a "timing" problem that causing trouble..
2015-08-17 Ended up working on the "Interface".. 1. Re-worked the Registered Arduino List and still have more idea's to impliment. 2. So far, the node server is arranging the "items" in the list so that the least used "sink" to the bottom and the most used rise to to the top. New registrations push everything "down" and stickes it at the top of the list.. The one on the bottom "falls off", never to be heard from again.. ..well anyway.. 3. If we add another "dimention", by recording not only the IP address and the Port number, but also the "name" from the "unit" when it registers, this will allow alot more control over the list that is compiled and minimizing the size of the list, is one example of how this can improve things.. 4. I think the name of the window that you use to control and view all these arduinos, should be called the "Interface"..
2015-10-23 Develpment of "ti" (The Interface) has been going well.. 1. The reglist command displays the registered arduinos's.. ID's, IP's, Port#'s, and Date and Time of last "registration".. 2. Have incoorperated what I call invisible "flags".. Commands that are "invisible" like.. a. The interface can't see them, but the arduinos can, kind of thing.. b. or like, the server could be the only "one" that can see it, depending... 3. Ard-15 Online Battery Monitor: Currently just monitoring batteries while they are charging.. 4. Ard-16 Online Servo Motor Position Driver: Drives the physical DC Motor with Wheel Encoder, Utilizing the H-Bridge Modul.. 5. Ard-17 Online Remote Servo Controller: Currently incoorperates a lingle potentiometer to Send Relative "target" Commands to Instruct the Ard-16 the go to The "target" position.. The idea of adding a left and right "movement" button could be next.. 6. Still working on the actual positioning alga-rythems or whatever you call that: a. There appear's to be a number of characteristics that could to be defigned b. Mass, Friction, Velocity, Force, and maybe others like Acceleration.. If we "model" the "hardware", and then while trying to impliment the "Force" to ceate the action specified.. We would continously monitor and re-adjust the pertanant parameters of the model.. to more closely match the "reality" of the DC Motor Aparatus in this case with a small close pin stuck on the end. Ultimatly we might expect the possibility of Predicting the Final Result, Directly.. hehehe.. No "fluttering", for example, when it "comes to a stop".. c. Well, wait a minute.. The fluttering idea.. Hmmm.. a. Like for Wings on an animated flying bird.. ..an electro-mechanical bird.. b. Water Bug Head Smasher/Incenerating Disposal System.. c. Put something like a playing card on it.. Let it sit on your desk and "Fan" you when it's hot..
2015-11-03 Started usillizing MegunoLink for plotting the servo motors response characteristics..
2015-11-16 (#1) After plotting Acceleration, Velocity, along with Position
1. Dediced to do something else for awhile..
2. Wanting to add wireless to the "Smart Pump"..
3. Still needs more work, despite all the work I've already put into it..
4. The "secret" to making these little esp8266 work on a consistant bases
Has been elusive, so far..
5. Don't forget though, that I left off wanting to persure determining the
Possibly Positive Effect of the function called Serial.flush()..!
2015-11-16 (#2) The idea of adding a frequency element to "regular" morse code.. 1. Initially at least, mainly for the purpose of learning to copy code.. 2. Having a different "tone" to additionally help distinguish between "dots" and the "dashes".. 3. Make the characters tiny little "songs".. hehehe.. 4. Continue the normal timing of morse code, and infact, the idea of 5. Developing a "converter" that takes in regular Mono Tone Code, and convertes it to Dual Tone Code for copying.. 6. Sort of like when you want to remember, if you made it into a song, then it's easier to remember.. 7. Something like that.. ..is all I have so far to say about this idea..
2016-01-11 Introductioning Arduino Control Apps for Android and for Windows.. 1. Arduino Control for "008" 2. Windows
2016-03-08 Exploring the "wonders" of some little Serial to BlueTooth Modules HC-05.. 1. So far, really, really easy to use.. Connect to 3.3Volts, RX, TX, and your done! 2. Pair with your android, and use a "bluetooth terminal app" to send/recieve data..
2016-03-21 Exploring the "wonders" of some little Serial to BlueTooth Modules HC-05..
1. Yep, all that above is pretty much true about being pretty easy to use..
..lots of usable memory left over..!
..easy to power, although, the module that I have already has a 3.3 volt regulator, hence..
..running the "chip", and everything off the regular, normal, 5 volt supply..
..Something to keep in mind of, if/when ordering more..
.. and lots.. ..lots.. ..more, now..
2. We have the introducing of the Arduino BlueTooth to Ethernet "Bridge"..
3. This "Bridge" opens up many many possible Configurations..
a. Smart Phone >> Arduino BT Eth Bridge >> iNet
b. Smart Phone >> Arduino BT
c. Arduino BT >> Arduino BT
d. Arduino BT >> Arduino BT Eth Bridge >> iNet
4. Still Working on what all this means, for instance.. Hmm..
Any ideas?
5. I think one of the more interesting ideas, would be..
..configuration d, like for having a "wireless" morse code emplimentation..
..kind of thing..
..Oh well.. ..so far the "responsiveness" is really pretty good..
..almost as good as the actual wired ethernet configuration..
6. Android Smart Phone App Called "BlueTooth Serial Controller" works..
..very nicely for bluetooth conneting and controlling..
..it has custom programable buttons, that makes controlling very easy..
..Haven't figure out if you can "recieve" confirmations back yet though..
2017-03-07 Alot of "catching up" to do..
1. Well, first off, the 2017 Tyler Mini Maker Faire is April the 29th, I believe..
Tyler Mini Maker Faire
2. My first thought was "what can get ready to bring and show off"?
3. I have a list of things, hehehe..!!
A. 10 Minute Timer
B. Bicycle Gernerator
C. Wifi Pong Game
D. Train Car Follower
E. MIDI pedal Controller
F. Clap On/Clap off Light Controller
G. 3D LED Cube
H. Therimine
I. Wireless Power Outlet: Well, it's gone now..
Somebody "Swipped" this one, there at the Mini Faire
The only thing I took in, to show someone.. Oh well..
J. Solar Water Pump Controller
k. Train Car Follower (Power = -(Position - Target))
L. Well, maybe that's enought for now..
2017-06-04 ESP8266 Wifi Fan Position Controller (Ard-F1)
1. The "Dual Purpose Pragram Mode Button" is now Checked every 5 milliseconds, and
Outputs the "Button Held Duration" along with an Audible Indicator..
(It's too bad you can't check it out, cause it's really pretty cOol..)
2. Resistive Voltage Divider Now Implimented..
a. connected to the internal "0 to 1 volt Analog to Digital Converter" Input Pin to
Monitor the Supply Voltage, and will send an alarm if it goes below 11 volts..
b. The command "vmon" toggles the display of a 'snapshot' of this READING every "one second".
2021-03-26 ESP-8266 DSTIKE Deauther Watch V1F (Ard-w1)
1. Comes with https://github.com/SpacehuhnTech/esp8266_deauther
2. But I've got it connecting to the internet to acquire the time,
3. Registering with "thewebinterface.net" and
4. Am able to demonstrate controlling an LED remotely..
5. Still working on getting the SH1106 (SPI Version, I'm thinking), to work
(The original program that it came with does the SH1106 Display just fine..)
6. Check out the charts and graphs from thewebinterface.net
(The Web Interface)
1. One of the ideas is to use Node-RED to interconnect TWI with Home Assistant
2. That's all I've thought of really so far.
3. Well, I might have to try setting up a Home Assistant thing.. Hmm..
4. I was trying to avoid having to, though..
5. Well, I did, and found it to be slow, cumbersome, and terribly complicated.. Too many moving parts!
6. I was able to get Node-RED to connect directly, and also utilized MQTT and MQTT Broker for some stuff..!
The "Tell Me" command is not case sensitive, and you use is like "tell me what makes the sky blue"
(No account or logon needed.. ..it's just that easy..)