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Hey all, I"ve got a question about wire wrap, I bought some from a local electronics store but it seems that there isn't traditional insulation on the wire, it seems more like a paint. Is this typical? Or did I buy the wrong thing.... It's 26AWG

@hek Hmm, yeah that would work. It just seems like overkill for a few extra pins (price and size wise). I didn't realize there were 8 analog pins on the APM, those should actually be enough to drive all the things as long as they work OK as digital outputs. I figure the shift register will cause problems because I won't be able to build an 'AccelStepper' object since the input for the constructor is a pin number. I assume I'd have to modify the code if I want to put it through the shift register.

@naveen Nice job! Impressive that you also managed to print the gear!

@artipi Yes you can connect a pro mini or an uno. In sleep mode it draws 15ma.

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So it seems paypal also has a 45 day policy to open disputes. I'm pretty sure the seller was just trying to delay until this time.

@naveen Buy them where you can find them cheap.. There are a lot of kits on ebay where you find resistors with assorted resistance. Local suppliers should keep these kinds of kits also.

@naveen I mean something like this (please forgive my bad 3D CAD skills ) Green = rotational mount plate of servo Red = screw head Yellow = screws The green plate rotates, the gray profile rotates with it and rotates the screw... Could work...

@BulldogLowell One follow-up question, how do I know what commands vera will send to the sensor or what commands the sensor will send back for a given SENSOR_TYPE. e.g. will it send V_DIMMER or V_DOWN etc. It seems the S_COVER SENSOR_TYPE uses V_DIMMER but I'm not sure how that was figured out.

@BulldogLowell I fried my breadbord power supply by connecting broken power adaptor(it have me about 13-14V instead of up to 12V), this fried AMS1117 5V. I replaced it, and it's working proper again.

@naveen said: What is APM? Arduino Pro Micro. Sorry, sometimes I spell it out, but we use the term a lot here. Isn't the maximum one thing connected to either power or ground since there is only one pin for each? No, there's not one to one association of that sort. For i/o pins you have to take some care not to try to drive too much output load, or let different inputs fight with each other, but for power and ground that's not the issue. Well, you do have to keep the draw on the regulated power reasonable - often they are spec'd at about 150 ma (including the on board load for microcontroller, LED, powered outputs, etc), but that can vary. I was thinking about doing something like you do, but was hoping there would be something more elegant. Are you not worried that the bare wires will touch other pins, etc.? Yes, I only do that when I have a mounting situation where it's OK. And I might coat it with Liquid Electrical Tape in a few cases. AND - I too wouldn't mind learning a more elegant solution.

@gregl said: Cool project! Just to chuck in some other ideas... Replace existing pot ( is it stereo? ) with http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/SPIDigitalPot https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10613 Replace existing pot with a motorised one..http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALPS-Remote-Motor-Volume-Potentiometer-Control-Adjustment-4CH-50KA/321428122915 ( or similar) you could probably salvage one of these from an old stereo system...many in the late 80's /90''s had these.... Good thread here: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=143271.0 Keep us posted! Thanks for the ideas! Replacing the existing pot is probably the simplest thing and what my original plan was...until I realized that the knob and board don't come apart. WAF-wise I don't want this thing to be unusable for the foreseeable future. I think I'm still leaning towards the pot in parallel (for its simplicity) or the servo....but the servo will be quite bulky to the little switch! I'll post some pictures when I get a chance to clear up what exactly I'm trying to do

Yep, both were 3D printed back then. The Toronto library actually has 3D printers so I built a CAD model and had it printed there. There are also have a lot of web-based companies who will print and ship out parts. Since then I've built my own 3D printer, it comes in handy and they're getting pretty cheap.