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Raspberry Pi playfulness

From: Wattsy (SLAYERPUNX)29 Dec 2012 11:37
To: ANT_THOMAS 34 of 853
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Local perv huh? (YJ)
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From: ANT_THOMAS29 Dec 2012 11:54
To: Wattsy (SLAYERPUNX) 35 of 853
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I wish :(
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From: ANT_THOMAS29 Dec 2012 22:29
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Relay works great.

Took me ages to manage to get some wires soldered to the existing on/off switch on the camera without melting everything.

Camera dies
Click Click
Camera back on
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)30 Dec 2012 00:04
To: Wattsy (SLAYERPUNX) 37 of 853
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That's what I keep going back to with mine as well.

I was thinking about trying it to host my blog and beehive install, but it's not fast enough.  I even went with nginx. I suspect it's mysql causing the slowness.

But in the end I think it's going back to Raspbmc!
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From: Wattsy (SLAYERPUNX)30 Dec 2012 18:14
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 38 of 853
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I didn't get on with Raspmc, I preferred openelec build, looks like they have an offical build out now I will have to install it soon.
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From: ANT_THOMAS30 Dec 2012 19:08
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I don't think I could ever get used to XBMC on the RPi after using reasonably decent spec HTPCs.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)30 Dec 2012 19:54
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It's not terrible.  The menus are laggy sometimes, but it plays 1080p files fine.
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From: Wattsy (SLAYERPUNX)30 Dec 2012 21:04
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 41 of 853
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I second this post!
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From: ANT_THOMAS30 Dec 2012 21:53
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 42 of 853
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It's the laggy menus which get me annoyed. I've still not checked how good it is at deinterlacing. I use my HTPCs mainly for Live TV so that's essential.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)30 Dec 2012 21:56
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Gotcha
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From: ANT_THOMAS18 Jan 2013 19:36
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I now have a motion sensor working nicely and a temperature sensor arrived today which works great too. Seems the little corner of the room my RPi is sitting is a bit cold right now...11C!

With a combination of the relay, camera and motion sensor I can take photos whenever motion is detected.

One day I'll use a combination of the temp sensor(s) and relay to turn on/off central heating. Seems quite a few people have done similar projects.

Motion sensor - £1.38
Temperature sensor - £2.11
Mini breadboard - £0.99
40 jumper cables - £1.75
Relay - £1.06

I like these cheap bits.
EDITED: 18 Jan 2013 19:39 by ANT_THOMAS
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From: Matt18 Jan 2013 19:46
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quote:
One day I'll use a combination of the temp sensor(s) and relay to turn on/off central heating

Great idea. Make it user controllable, maybe via a dial interface for ease of use.

You could make it wall mountable too.

And call it a thermostat.

:P
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From: ANT_THOMAS18 Jan 2013 19:49
To: Matt 46 of 853
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....then make it web accessible!
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)18 Jan 2013 20:45
To: Matt 47 of 853
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I think Apple has a patent on that, so he better be careful!
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)18 Jan 2013 20:47
To: ANT_THOMAS 48 of 853
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I want to start messing with Arduino, have you messed with them at all? Can you tie them into a system using the Pi for home automation things?
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From: ANT_THOMAS18 Jan 2013 21:52
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 49 of 853
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Not touched any Arduino stuff but may do in the future. The RPi is currently enough for me on the tinkering front at the moment.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)18 Jan 2013 21:53
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I'm just about to pay for this.  Should get me started!
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From: ANT_THOMAS18 Jan 2013 21:55
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 51 of 853
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Got any project plans?
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)18 Jan 2013 21:58
To: ANT_THOMAS 52 of 853
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Well not yet.  I want to do a bunch of home automation stuff, like lights, enviro controls, security system, some type of keyless entry (either NFC, RFID, or something), etc.  So I am looking for something that can handle that or at least work with other products to do it.

I have a friend who is also interested in this stuff and he's agreed to buy all the hardware if I learn how to get it all working.  Sounds like a good deal to me!  But he's not buying this stuff, I just wanted to get started.
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From: ANT_THOMAS14 Feb 2013 12:49
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Using PiHAT off the RPi forums I can now control my RF remote sockets from my RPi. Strapped some PHP to it and I can turn off the sockets over the net.

I also bought 18 broken Canon compact cameras to play with. Currently got one hooked up to an RPi running off a 12V 12Ah SLA battery to see how long it lasts taking a photo every minute or so.
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