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  • dbemowskD dbemowsk

    @Yveaux So I never fully understood the reasoning behind putting sensors on a washer or dryer. So you start your clothes washing or drying before you leave for somewhere. Is there a reason to know that it's finished when you are away? There is nothing you can do about it until you get home, at which time you could reasonably assume that it is finished. If you are home, can't you just go and check it after some time? Why would you need a message on your phone?

    Just curious.

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    @dbemowsk
    My wife actually fairly often forget to check when the washingmachine is finished, and notice it a few hours later, when kids are a sleep and there is quiet in the house, I will imagine receiving an SMS when washing machine is ready to be emptied will help her, as she is checking her phone often,, even when kids are using all her time

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      The value on a dryer is even more tangible: the sooner you get your clothes out, the less wrinkly they get.

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        The value on a dryer is even more tangible: the sooner you get your clothes out, the less wrinkly they get.

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        @NeverDie All good points that I hadn't thought of.

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          @NeverDie All good points that I hadn't thought of.

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          @dbemowsk while you are at it..consider :)

          The dishwasher can be added as well. My devices dishwasher / washing machine / dryer send messages to all tvs that are turned on. Identifying themselves and invite you to come and clean them :). It comes in handy and absolutely jaw dropping on your visitors.

          If you turn on the stove air circulation system in the kitchen... Why not greet the wife with automatically start the TV in the kitchen and play her favourite radio channel at her preferred volume...

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            #116

            Back to the OP topic, I made a micro-usb OTG cable (bottom cable below) that passes through all 5 pins:
            0_1511722883854_OTGcable.jpg
            This will replace the more fragile cable above it in the next generation of my nRF5 micro-usb programming/debug adapter.

            It turns out you can't buy this cable. At least, I couldn't find any for sale. Instead, I had to make it myself. Fortunately, Adafruit sells a little DIY kit that helped tremendously:
            https://www.adafruit.com/product/1826

            :)

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            • NeverDieN NeverDie

              Back to the OP topic, I made a micro-usb OTG cable (bottom cable below) that passes through all 5 pins:
              0_1511722883854_OTGcable.jpg
              This will replace the more fragile cable above it in the next generation of my nRF5 micro-usb programming/debug adapter.

              It turns out you can't buy this cable. At least, I couldn't find any for sale. Instead, I had to make it myself. Fortunately, Adafruit sells a little DIY kit that helped tremendously:
              https://www.adafruit.com/product/1826

              :)

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              @NeverDie So much heat shrink tubing -- makes my eyes hurt :sob:

              http://yveaux.blogspot.nl

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              • NeverDieN NeverDie

                Back to the OP topic, I made a micro-usb OTG cable (bottom cable below) that passes through all 5 pins:
                0_1511722883854_OTGcable.jpg
                This will replace the more fragile cable above it in the next generation of my nRF5 micro-usb programming/debug adapter.

                It turns out you can't buy this cable. At least, I couldn't find any for sale. Instead, I had to make it myself. Fortunately, Adafruit sells a little DIY kit that helped tremendously:
                https://www.adafruit.com/product/1826

                :)

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                @NeverDie So many colours of nations offended... Have you thought of going for President ?

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                  Actually, this was the very first time I've used shrink tubing. How could I do it better?

                  Mostly I didn't want there to be much bending, which might lead to tearing loose the solder connections. I wanted the finished cable to be a "once and done." Now that it's done, the connections should go very easy.

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                    #120

                    0_1511727705490_15117276954701212117694.jpg

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                    I use raspberry for watching television, movies etc. Today I build raspberry hat to turn on from remote control. Attiny85 recognizes programmed remote code and by optocoupler short circuit on pins.

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                      0_1511727705490_15117276954701212117694.jpg

                      0_1511727729141_15117277179511389767526.jpg

                      I use raspberry for watching television, movies etc. Today I build raspberry hat to turn on from remote control. Attiny85 recognizes programmed remote code and by optocoupler short circuit on pins.

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                      #121

                      @scalpel how do You program the ir code for the power button ? can it be programed from the linux running in the rpi ? or it is just hardcoded into atiny code ?

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                        Hardcoded In attiny. Learn arduino irremote library.

                        Pozdrawiam / regards

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                          Hardcoded In attiny. Learn arduino irremote library.

                          Pozdrawiam / regards

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                          rozpruwacz
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                          @scalpel yeah, I did this kind of project also and I wonder if there is a software for that :) It would be fun to be able to set the wakeup ir code from the linux os, with for example i2c or 1-wire interface.

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                            @scalpel yeah, I did this kind of project also and I wonder if there is a software for that :) It would be fun to be able to set the wakeup ir code from the linux os, with for example i2c or 1-wire interface.

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                            @rozpruwacz how often would you need to change the IR code for that?

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                              rarely, but still it would be fun to make such thing :)

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                              • sinczeS sincze

                                @dbemowsk while you are at it..consider :)

                                The dishwasher can be added as well. My devices dishwasher / washing machine / dryer send messages to all tvs that are turned on. Identifying themselves and invite you to come and clean them :). It comes in handy and absolutely jaw dropping on your visitors.

                                If you turn on the stove air circulation system in the kitchen... Why not greet the wife with automatically start the TV in the kitchen and play her favourite radio channel at her preferred volume...

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                                @sincze said in What did you build today (Pictures) ?:

                                her favourite radio channel at her prefer

                                @sincze hi, could you elaborate a bit more the TV messages, do you have any link with more info? Was that the LG tv with Mqtt that was mentioned on the forum?(or I mixed forums)

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                                  @sincze said in What did you build today (Pictures) ?:

                                  her favourite radio channel at her prefer

                                  @sincze hi, could you elaborate a bit more the TV messages, do you have any link with more info? Was that the LG tv with Mqtt that was mentioned on the forum?(or I mixed forums)

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                                  @dakipro we use kodi on al lgl tvs. The libreelec TV box has cec and can turn on the TV via hdmi. If TV is on I am able to control the volume via the LG webserver. Kodi (api) can display the notifications for Me :). Not that fancy but it works like a charm.

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                                    Side note. I did a quick search, there is a cec library for arduino!
                                    https://github.com/stefslon/cec-arduino

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                                    • sinczeS sincze

                                      @dakipro we use kodi on al lgl tvs. The libreelec TV box has cec and can turn on the TV via hdmi. If TV is on I am able to control the volume via the LG webserver. Kodi (api) can display the notifications for Me :). Not that fancy but it works like a charm.

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                                      @sincze
                                      If it works like a charm - it's fancy ;-)

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                                        Back to topic! Last night I made some changes to my ATX Power supply because the variable settings was to sensitive:

                                        0_1511953574080_upload-c7feca62-d22d-435e-9c73-9599ca0c9044

                                        0_1511953586756_upload-3bb65a38-91b8-4dc8-9dd7-3a0af6fd45f9

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                                        • sundberg84S sundberg84

                                          Back to topic! Last night I made some changes to my ATX Power supply because the variable settings was to sensitive:

                                          0_1511953574080_upload-c7feca62-d22d-435e-9c73-9599ca0c9044

                                          0_1511953586756_upload-3bb65a38-91b8-4dc8-9dd7-3a0af6fd45f9

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                                          @sundberg84 Did you find that taking the cover off improved the accuracy at all ?
                                          :laughing:

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