Voice to Google search
AutoVoice detects key phrases and speaks to Tasker
Tasker does a HTTP Get command to my web server
Web server issues light on command to Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi issues light on command to Arduino
Arduino sends light on signal to LightwaveRF switch
Tempted to get thishttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004X25LW8 Not sure if it's worth spending so much though, depends how much I'll use it I guess. Gonna need one for my mini quadcopter when the motors wear out. And when I build my full size one. And I definitely want to do some Arduino stuff.
Please tell me why I am now looking at >=£100 irons. Someone on another forum pointed some out to me. I really can't afford that and could put the extra money towards some other bits that I could actually solder.
Must resist. Although if I get a cheaper one and it breaks and I need to buy a new one it might end up being cheaper getting the more expensive one.
And SMD soldering looks surprisingly easy with a soldering iron. Maybe not the teeny weeny stuff buy pretty small bits.
And I just found a good use for the auto loading posts. I replied to your post then decided I wanted to check a post you'd made later on. I scrolled down, the posts loaded but I was still able to go forward and my message was still intact.
Well my 2nd attempt at soldering the Pro Mini came out much much better.
I was actually far too happy about it as each pin seemed to solder perfectly (ish) each time.
I think it's a combination of better solder and a better technique.
And here's my prototype wireless temperature sensor. Data is transmitted to an RPi over Bluetooth.
Waiting for some solar panels to arrive so I can put it outside and have the batteries recharge. They currently last about 48 hours. Also waiting for some alternative RF transceivers so I can increase the range since Bluetooth is a bit naff.
I think I'm going to buy an atmega chip and other bits to make my own so I can reduce the power consumption since I certainly don't need a power LED, don't need the regulators either since I'm using the 4xAA batteries as a regulated "5V". Currently uses around 40mA on average.
I've now got some nRF24L01+ transceivers for sending the data.
This means the Arduino only uses about 7mA on average. Definitely going to be able to run one wireless sensor with solar panels forever with this setup.
Got my wedge tip (bad quality, night get a decent one instead) for my soldering iron and had a quick go at desokdering and resokdering a connection. Definitely seemed easier and quicker than the pointy one.
Had a play with my Arduino last night and made a LED flash. Woo :D
Perhaps for the same reason that you wrote "night" instead of 'might', and "desokdering and resokdering" instead of 'desoldering and resoldering'. Spill awtocorekt.
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