Scene controller?

[naveen]

Has anyone tried to build a scene controller? I assume it would be fairly simple to code, but I'm not sure how to lay it out ... there would need to be some way to have buttons which you can then label, maybe an LCD screen or something?

I guess something like this would be cool..http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-3-TFT-LCD-Module-Display-PCB-adapter-Touch-Panel-for-Arduino-/390874159093?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b01ea57f5

I wonder how hard it is to set that up.

[hek]

Great idea! That would certainly make a nice addition!

Here is another (smaller) with touchscreen with AtMega and required shield included.

Gahh... New things to crave for...

EDIT: Ebay checkout complete...

[korttoma]

@hek said:

New things to crave for

indeed! Feel like I already blew my budget on HA stuff for this year replacing the last X10 dimmers with Fibaros...

[naveen]

@hek said:

Great idea! That would certainly make a nice addition!

Here is another (smaller) with touchscreen with AtMega and required shield included.

Gahh... New things to crave for...

EDIT: Ebay checkout complete...

Hah, nice! Let me know how it goes - I'm assuming that thing will drain batteries like crazy, are you thinking a permanently mounted solution? It'd be cool for an in-wall panel or something if you can find a nice faceplate. Let me know how thick it is when you receive it - maybe a 3D printed wall mount case would be nice.

[korttoma]

I was thinking some kind of bedside scene controller/ info screen / clock. Too bad I already spent money on regular I2C LCDs for this purpose.

[artipi]

Hi,

i am also interested in a Wall LCD TouchController, but smaller (max. 2"). Do you found/ implemented something like that?

[FotoFieber]

I was playing with some nextion displays. You can design your UI with Inkscape and program interaction in a special UI editor. Interface to arduino is via serial and the commands to control/read are really simple. (No GUI code needed on your arduino.) Memory consumption is therefore minimal.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-2-034-Nextion-HMI-Intelligent-Smart-USART-Serial-Touch-Panel-LCD-Module-Display-/191640753340

[artipi]

@FotoFieber

That looks very interesting! Can i connect a arduino pro mini or uno? Found only examples with mega.
And will it run on a battery? -> Probably not really.

[FotoFieber]

@artipi
Yes you can connect a pro mini or an uno.

In sleep mode it draws 15ma.