Posts made by hugows

@m26872 C5 would be in paralllel to C4, right?
Also, those are the capacitors for improving the radio transmission, correct?

Thanks for this awesome board, @m26872!

@thazlett144 Thanks. like this then?

One more thing: can I mount R1, C1, C2, C3 on the bottom side? My "height requirements" aren't as strict, since my cable duct is almost 2cm tall.

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To check, I will be soldering this 8 components in this order:

• R1
• C1
• C2
• C3
• C4 electrolitic (then bend it)
• Atmega socket
• NRF24 radio
• 6 pin angled connector

Are there any guides on how to assemble the 2.0 version?
How should I, as I beginner, find this out?
I know about the schematics and the BOM, but, for example, I could only find R1, C1, C2 and C3 marked. The schematics shows C4 and C5, just an example - how do I find where those go?

Thanks in advance,
hugo

Thanks, it worked!
Sorry that I couldn't find the post you linked..

Received mine from DirtyPCBs - I just wanted to test the whole system. I guess my first question is: how do you guys break them apart? Since tthey come in 3-circuits-per-board with little holes.
I don't want to ruin them!

Hi hek!
I suppose developing a complex app like MySensors becomes hard using just the IDE - for sketches its already a PITA sometimes, without a debugger.
Do you have a better setup with Keil or something?
(If you have written about it, please let me know!)
Cheers

Hi guys,
I had some ideas that would (I think) add nicely to the website (not the C code) - do the folks running the website accept contributions?

(I'm not an open source fanatic, just want to understand how the project is structured)

The API looks very clean and simple, I look forward to use it more.
Does Arduino/MySensors uses C++ features (namespaces?) to prevent name collision? In typical C projects I've seen the functions all beginning with some prefix (mysensors_).

I just built my first "sensor network" yesterday and I was lucky to arrive on the 2.0 version - fun times! Congrats hek and contributors.

Hey guys,

I write this because I loved how you guys setup this project - it felt much like installing Plex (https://plex.tv) - just a great experience from buying to assembling to running and in the end your life is better/easier.

I've been playing a few days with the hardware and today could get a simple system to work.
Yesterday night I thought I had a problem, because I couldn't understand the debug log [1], but today I took another approach and just tried to run (power-on) the 3 parts of the system (Temperature sensor node, ESP8266 gateway node, Domoticz) and, to my surprise, things just worked. After selecting the MySensors + LAN [2] hardware on Domoticz, my node appeared with its own name, and adding a temperature sensor, everything clicked, and I noticed that the protocol isn' t that simple, since there is all this discoverability going on.

Comments in text:
[1] the debug log format isn' t explained anywhere? I couldn't relate it to the message structure in the docs.
[2] would be nice if on the ESP8266 page you guys would explain this, many people will miss it

Suggestions:

• the website is GREAT, but a little overwhelming to navigate, and some information is a little bit hidden.
• ex: esp8266 gateway appears on the side bar but not on the body of this page: https://www.mysensors.org/build/select_gateway
• I think Getting started should be a tutorial with all the steps to build the thing. (one node, one gateway, one controller). I felt guided when connecting the sensors, but later I felt on my own, afraid, hehe
• Just hand hold me in the later stages as well ("now you have a node, now you have a gateway, lets install domoticz to test it, turn on both the node and the gateway, yay it works!")
• no information on how to connect battery to Arduino Pro mini, again, this might be obvious for some of you, but not to me.
• it would also be important to tell the user he can see debug logs (serial) from two nodes if he uses an external terminal like Putty or whatever is on linux. The IDE doesn't let you do it. (its kinda tragic how beginner-friendly the Arduino IDE is - its great when you get started, or for non-programmers playing with Arduino, but later one would like more options, manage your several boards, and in this hideous thing you can't even change tab size...)
• I understand writing documentation is hard and boring, and sincerely you guys are already doing a great job.

Questions:

• since I was kinda surprised on how easy it worked when I turned everything on, I'd love to understand more about the Mysensors plugin on the controllers and the gateway - what messages are exchanged? how does it worked?
• what messages does the node/gateway send when booting up? Is there a state machine drawn somewhere?

In short:
This project is a great idea, greatly implemented, with a beautiful website, and the code seems to work very, very well. The API is clear and amazingly more friendly than libraries written for the web or something.

I'd love to know more about the internals of MySensors and home automation in general.
For example, I'd love to write a mini-controller to understand how it works. Where would I get started?
If you guys from MySensors start to document all of this, you will for sure become THE reference for DIY home automation (I guess you already are in part), just like StackOverflow is for general programming. This site has lots and lots of potential to grow even more!
Congratulations!

bump! did you receive those?

I live in Brazil. Are there any brazilians in this forum? I received a batch of Pro Minis and I'm waiting for the radios to start playing! Cheers!

What about a vibration sensor? At least in my kitchen, the fans do produce a slight vibration to the metal roof thing.

They pretty cheap on Ebay, I must try it myself...