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Scene Controller

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  • hekH Offline
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    hek
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    wrote on last edited by
    #9

    Maybe SoftSPI would be an option.

    Created an issue over at TMRh20's RF24 fork.
    https://github.com/TMRh20/RF24/issues/24

    Has Anyone actually gotten W5100 ethernet module woking with MySensors?
    http://shanes.net/how-to-use-an-nrf24l01-rf24-with-an-arduino-ethernet-shield/

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    • AnticimexA Offline
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      #10

      I will dig around some with mixing W5100 and RF24 sometime next week. I believe using soft SPI for RF24 is the answer due to the fact that many reports that W5100 is misusing the SPI bus (and the library uses the HW SPI block).
      I have verified that W5100 module is working using a simple webserver on my Nano, so if it can keep the SPI bus for itself it is happy.
      I do not like it, but since I already got one W5100 and only intend to use it for my gateway, I can live with customizing the RF24 implementation to use software SPI in this case.

      Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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      • R Offline
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        #11

        my w5100 shield was giving me trouble when trying to use it with the rf24. check wires error. Will try soft spi today and see if I can get it working.

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        • R Rek

          my w5100 shield was giving me trouble when trying to use it with the rf24. check wires error. Will try soft spi today and see if I can get it working.

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          hek
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          wrote on last edited by hek
          #12

          @Rek

          Yep, check out the github issue above. TMRh20 has already created a branch for us to test.

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          • N naveen

            @hek said:

            Here comes a little preview of the upcoming touch display scene controller example.

            Hope to finalize a little youtube clip before the release.

            scenecontroller.jpg

            Wow, was this started only when I mentioned it? Because if so, kudos on the quick turn around! Looks great! You as well, @korttoma , what's yours like??

            Do you need a pen to touch the buttons or are your fingers okay?

            Does it seem pretty accurate (how many buttons could you cram on that screen)?

            I'm wondering if its worth putting some serious time in to print a nice body and get a rechargeable LiIon and a charging dock, or if its just simpler to get a cheap android tablet or something.

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            #13

            @naveen said:

            @korttoma , what's yours like??

            WP_20141005_005.jpg

            The picture is a little dark but you get the idea. White box with blue buttons.

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            • BulldogLowellB Offline
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              BulldogLowell
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              #14

              nice job thomas!

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              • korttomaK korttoma

                @naveen said:

                @korttoma , what's yours like??

                WP_20141005_005.jpg

                The picture is a little dark but you get the idea. White box with blue buttons.

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                #15

                @korttoma Hey, that looks good! Where did you get the enclosure?

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                • NuubiN Nuubi

                  @korttoma Hey, that looks good! Where did you get the enclosure?

                  korttomaK Offline
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                  korttoma
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #16

                  @Nuubi from a local electronics shop

                  the producer of the box seems to be Hammond Manufacturing maybe your local supplier have the same box ;)

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                  • BulldogLowellB BulldogLowell

                    nice job thomas!

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                    korttoma
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                    #17

                    @BulldogLowell said:

                    nice job thomas!

                    Thanks Jim, btw I figured out a neet way to dim the backlight using just a resistor and a transistor. On the I2C LCD driver board there is a jumper for the backlight and I just connected the transistor to these 2 pins and the gate via a 10kR to a PWM pin. Works great.

                    Also I want to thank you Jim again cause I started from your weather station scene controller and ended up with this:

                    https://codebender.cc/sketch:44676

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                    • hekH Offline
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                      hek
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                      wrote on last edited by hek
                      #18

                      Finally got around wrapping this up. Hope to provide a youtube demo clip in the coming days. But everything is checked in on github.

                      Used the following touch screen when creating the example.

                      https://codebender.cc/sketch:54953

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                        #19

                        Hi Hek - Can you advise what the physical size of the LCD pcb is?

                        I have a really nice bamboo box that my wifes sunglasses came in ( image here) and this might be an ideal case for it!
                        http://www.pinterest.com/pin/201958364513700248/

                        ( imho...the box is nicer than her sunglasses ( which are now broken anyway )

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                        • hekH Offline
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                          hek
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                          wrote on last edited by
                          #20

                          10x6.5 (cm)
                          Stacked height about 3.2 cm (2650+shield+display)

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                            hek
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                            #21

                            First post updated with youtube clip and a link to the build page.

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                            • hekH hek

                              10x6.5 (cm)
                              Stacked height about 3.2 cm (2650+shield+display)

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                              @hek thanks Hek

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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #23

                                @hek
                                Man you are costing me a fortune... Now there's another project I will need to try.. :-)

                                Seriously though, very cool!

                                RJ_Make

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                                  #24

                                  Will it be possible to use with 3.5 LCD instead of 3.2 ? Many differences for the code to make ?
                                  Because now we can find 3.5LCD directly connectable on 2560 and total is cheaper too.

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                                  • L lunarok

                                    Will it be possible to use with 3.5 LCD instead of 3.2 ? Many differences for the code to make ?
                                    Because now we can find 3.5LCD directly connectable on 2560 and total is cheaper too.

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                                    #25

                                    @lunarok

                                    It depends on if the display is supported by the UTFT library I used in the example.

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                                      #26

                                      Very cool display, well done!

                                      My Domotica project: http://www.pidome.org

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                                        lunarok
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                                        #27

                                        Hi,

                                        Can't use the sketch.
                                        From codebender include on mysensors it just say there was an error compiling it.
                                        When I clone it, directly on codebenders it say there was a communication error.
                                        When try with local IDE, there is a lot of errors about the time library

                                        This type (for each month and day)
                                        libraries/Time/DateStrings.cpp:18:18: error: variable ‘monthStr1’ must be const in order to be put into read-only section by means of ‘attribute((progmem))’
                                        char monthStr1[] PROGMEM = "January";

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                                          #28

                                          @hek : can you update the mysensors lib in codebenders ? On scene controller page you ask to modify SOFTSPI, it's not on codebenders (unless it makes a copy for me) but it is on git

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