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All that terminology at a really low cost, awesome. I feel like this comment could be turned into a popular blog post.
by Vaanir 11y ago
All that terminology at a really low cost, awesome.
I feel like this comment could be turned into a popular blog post.
- StavrosK 11y agoI can write up the sensor setup I have at home, if you want. It has motion, temperature, humidity, light sensors and IR/RF remotes for controlling devices, and a burglar alarm.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoPlease do write about it. Personally, I'll be happy to steal as many ideas as I can for my upcoming home installation :).
- StavrosK 11y agoGreat, I'll give it a shot tomorrow. I also have a mini-ecosystem of Python scripts to communicate with the sensors over serial and to read values, etc. I'll post that as well.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoGreat! :). Will be refreshing /new/ tomorrow.
- StavrosK 11y agoHmm, it looks like I open-sourced most of it a while ago (way to go, past me!): https://github.com/skorokithakis/ArduiRC https://github.com/skorokithakis/ArduiRC I'll write up the details, but this is a good chunk of it.
- comrh 11y agoI JUST started this exact functionality to communicate with a wireless scale, thanks for sharing!
- StavrosK 11y agoYou're welcome, I'm working on some NodeMCU-based designs now, with IR as well.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoSo, where's the Show HN? ;).
- StavrosK 11y agoMan, I spent all day yesterday trying to reimplement the sensor for the ESP8266, as I thought it would be better to have it report over MQTT, but the damn thing keeps crashing in seconds. I literally cannot keep it working for more than a few seconds, no matter what I do. I'm pretty disheartened, I'll try some more and either succeed or go back to an Arduino over serial... Do you have any experience with making it not crash?
- TeMPOraL 11y agoSadly, my ESP8266 experience is only about to start next week, I'm still abroad. But from the experiences of some of my friends, consider replacing the firmware on the ESP - some units were apparently sold with buggy one that made the module crash after short time. Good luck!
- StavrosK 11y agoYeah, I've tried flashing the Arduino firmware (I think it gets flashed every time regardless). I'll keep trying and let you know, thanks! By the way, if you don't want to keep checking the comments, you can follow me on Twitter at @stavros and experience my frustration first-hand. I'll be posting about it there.