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  • sundberg84S sundberg84

    @dbemowsk the positive with polarized footprint is that you can use both and it's very easy for a newbie to see which one is Gnd. You who are more experienced can determine if you want to use a flat unpolarized cap.

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    @sundberg84 one of the 0.1uf caps that i use has short leads and wouldn't fit that hole spacing. They are higher voltage capacitors that i bought years ago for another project that i am trying to use up. I do see your point though.

    Vera Plus running UI7 with MySensors, Sonoffs and 1-Wire devices
    Visit my website for more Bits, Bytes and Ramblings from me: http://dan.bemowski.info/

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    • mfalkviddM mfalkvidd

      Today I finally got my thumbs out and upgraded my plant monitoring to MySensors 2.x (from 1.x).
      Updated sketch is available on Github: https://github.com/mfalkvidd/arduino-plantmoisture

      Result: I really need to water my plants ;-) But the 2.5 year old batteries are still going strong.
      0_1521737262850_PlantMonitoringDomoticz-2018-03-22.png

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

      Today I finally got my thumbs out and upgraded my plant monitoring to MySensors 2.x (from 1.x).
      Updated sketch is available on Github: https://github.com/mfalkvidd/arduino-plantmoisture

      Result: I really need to water my plants ;-) But the 2.5 year old batteries are still going strong.
      0_1521737262850_PlantMonitoringDomoticz-2018-03-22.png

      What kind of components is this running on? I am having trouble getting my batteries to run even 2.5 months (or 2.5 weeks for the outside temp sensor...) :)

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      • maghacM maghac

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

        Today I finally got my thumbs out and upgraded my plant monitoring to MySensors 2.x (from 1.x).
        Updated sketch is available on Github: https://github.com/mfalkvidd/arduino-plantmoisture

        Result: I really need to water my plants ;-) But the 2.5 year old batteries are still going strong.
        0_1521737262850_PlantMonitoringDomoticz-2018-03-22.png

        What kind of components is this running on? I am having trouble getting my batteries to run even 2.5 months (or 2.5 weeks for the outside temp sensor...) :)

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        #469

        @maghac see the link in my post for full details. But basically it is just what's recommended on the battery page. Arduino pro mini with power led and ldo removed, bod set to 1.8V, powered by 2xAA.

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        • dbemowskD dbemowsk

          @sundberg84 one of the 0.1uf caps that i use has short leads and wouldn't fit that hole spacing. They are higher voltage capacitors that i bought years ago for another project that i am trying to use up. I do see your point though.

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            0_1521972359235_P3251110_v1.JPG

            Controller: Node-Red
            Gateway: SerialGateway & GSMMQTTGateway
            MySensors: 2.2.0

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            • ThucarT Thucar

              0_1521972359235_P3251110_v1.JPG

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              #472

              @thucar what display do you use and where did you buy it? What library did you use?

              Controller: Home Assistant & FHEM - Gateway: ESP8266wifi - MySensors: 2.3.2 (nRF24)

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                #473

                @dirkc the display is a JLX12864-378 off a chinese “component tester” kit I had available. Using the u8g2 library to run it.

                Controller: Node-Red
                Gateway: SerialGateway & GSMMQTTGateway
                MySensors: 2.2.0

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                  #474

                  Today I built a led dimmer and motion detector for my kitchen. Running on 12v and a led list of about 2m.

                  0_1522338565517_IMG_20180329_174732.jpg

                  Everything is built on my MysX led board and it was so easy to assemble everything and it's really small.

                  0_1522338630780_IMG_20180329_174759.jpg

                  0_1522338653800_IMG_20180329_174549.jpg

                  0_1522338665121_IMG_20180329_174525.jpg

                  I have documented this project and will show you in a video when edited.

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                    #475

                    Today I built a new Ethernet Gateway.

                    Using a Freetrionics Ethermega - Fixed SPI bus, so no soft SPI and I can use MY_RX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_FEATURE. PoE, improved voltage regulator design so I can run the amplified NRF24 with MY_RF24_PA_LEVEL RF24_PA_HIGH.

                    Under the radio is a small prototyping area with capacitor for the radio and an ATSHA204A - because one day I swear I will implement signing.

                    Slightly modified Gateway sketch that writes successful DHCP IP addresses to EEPROM. I assign a static address on my router. If there's a power failure, the gateway will start up with last address - router takes ages to come online.

                    Fired up the X-carve to cut the aluminium chassis, which has added benefit of shielding the NRF radio as well. The complicated cutout on the front was to allow air intake for the fan. Was supposed to just be a grille, but after a couple of beers I got too cute for my own good. Took 2 hours to cut that. :)

                    0_1522406220035_IMG_5814.JPG
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                      A video of my Ledstrip project in the kitchen:

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdD6Ozf80bk&t=7s

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                        Today I have finished work on control center for my smart home. The box includes a Raspberry Pi 3, gateway, ethernet switch, power supplies 5V and 9V. Audio input jack, ethernet and AC line cabels out from the box. Maybe, a GSM module should be included to the free space too (i will thinking about...). I am going to install this box in the near future.
                        0_1522678287603_Box.jpg
                        0_1522678293393_Cabels.jpg

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                        • kalinaK kalina

                          Today I have finished work on control center for my smart home. The box includes a Raspberry Pi 3, gateway, ethernet switch, power supplies 5V and 9V. Audio input jack, ethernet and AC line cabels out from the box. Maybe, a GSM module should be included to the free space too (i will thinking about...). I am going to install this box in the near future.
                          0_1522678287603_Box.jpg
                          0_1522678293393_Cabels.jpg

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                          sindrome73
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                          @kalina said in What did you build today (Pictures) ?:

                          ione di installare questa scatola

                          if I can know !! The audio socket what is it for ???

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

                            ione di installare questa scatola

                            if I can know !! The audio socket what is it for ???

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                            @sindrome73 said in What did you build today (Pictures) ?:

                            The audio socket what is it for ???

                            For connecting the audio system to the RPI3

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                            • kalinaK kalina

                              @sindrome73 said in What did you build today (Pictures) ?:

                              The audio socket what is it for ???

                              For connecting the audio system to the RPI3

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                              @kalina
                              And then once connected to the Raspy ?? What are you doing?? And a new thing for me !!

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                                @kalina
                                And then once connected to the Raspy ?? What are you doing?? And a new thing for me !!

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                                @sindrome73 said in What did you build today (Pictures) ?:

                                @kalina
                                And then once connected to the Raspy ?? What are you doing?? And a new thing for me !!

                                Maybe this picture will explain my intentions :grinning:

                                0_1522688352475_e109f35f-eafe-4646-9ab3-61f4bd4a3cd2-image.png

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                                  Ok, now it's clearer :+1:

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                                    Today's work:

                                    1. Fixed https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/issues/1096 (PR in progress)
                                    2. Fixed 60+ spelling mistakes in the example sketches https://github.com/mfalkvidd/MySensors/commit/6e7ee6ab30d503a6f288553689fdfbe645c931e6 (will submit PR when above PR is done)
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                                      #484

                                      My friend had a leakage from the water heater, luckily he was around (and renting) so not much damage was made, so inspired by the incident I made another water leakage sensor for water heater (reusing the code from my previous "ribbon cable sensor" )

                                      0_1522788478283_Water leak - water heater-1_1024.jpg

                                      1_1522788478283_Water leak - water heater-2_1024.jpg

                                      Then I have an "alarm" flow in node-red (via openhab) which blinks all lights in the house, sends notification to mobile phones with high priority etc. Which brings me a lot of joy when all works fine (and annoys my wife, as usual)...

                                      They are so easy to made that I might as well make a few of them just for convenience and "feeling rich with sensors" if you guys know what I mean :)

                                      C: OpenHAB2 with node-red on linux laptop
                                      GW: Arduino Nano - W5100 Ethernet, Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz mqtt
                                      GW: Arduino Mega, RFLink 433Mhz

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                                      • D dakipro

                                        My friend had a leakage from the water heater, luckily he was around (and renting) so not much damage was made, so inspired by the incident I made another water leakage sensor for water heater (reusing the code from my previous "ribbon cable sensor" )

                                        0_1522788478283_Water leak - water heater-1_1024.jpg

                                        1_1522788478283_Water leak - water heater-2_1024.jpg

                                        Then I have an "alarm" flow in node-red (via openhab) which blinks all lights in the house, sends notification to mobile phones with high priority etc. Which brings me a lot of joy when all works fine (and annoys my wife, as usual)...

                                        They are so easy to made that I might as well make a few of them just for convenience and "feeling rich with sensors" if you guys know what I mean :)

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                                        @dakipro what kind of setup do you end up with regarding bootloader / bod? What do you use to reprogram the pro minis bootloader?

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                                          @sundberg84 these run great on 1.8v BOD with some bootloader I found on the web (linked in the last post here ).

                                          I use uno to flash the bootloader (tried with some IVRs but never got it to work, so just dedicated one uno prototyping hat for flashing) and then upload the sketch with IDE.

                                          They are reporting battery from 2v to 3v (0-100%), and previous linked node is now reporting 51% of battery after 6 months, with sensor check every 2min and hearth beat every 4h.

                                          C: OpenHAB2 with node-red on linux laptop
                                          GW: Arduino Nano - W5100 Ethernet, Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz mqtt
                                          GW: Arduino Mega, RFLink 433Mhz

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