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    • RE: What did you build today (Pictures) ?

      Good ruler, I have such ruler too 🙂

      Today's power part of my RGBW dimmer node (four LED channel PWM inputs, 12V input, +12V sense, +5V, +3.3V outputs). Dimmer is controlled by MySensors and also by conventional Samsung TV remote control (five presets, ability to record color presets, autofade from one preset to another, control of each LED channel brightness, gamma correction and so on).

      0_1509743754832_photo_2017-11-03_23-10-07.jpg

      posted in General Discussion
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Dallas Temp failure to compile

      It's my code 😱

      I changed this method from private to public, this function is used to determine wait time needed for right non-blocking wait call. Seems like I should make PR to original library instead of modifying MYS copy.

      posted in Troubleshooting
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Simple and lightweight solar panel housing for 60x110 mm sized panels

      Yet another version and first test results.

      Now I'm able to screw panels together using any side:
      0_1496074529545_solarhousingv3.png
      0_1496074548640_solar32.jpg
      0_1496074554449_solar31.jpg

      I connected solar panels together (parallel connection, but each panel in series with it's own shottky diode). 11 panels on north side (direct sunlight from about 06:30 up to 09:00) and 5 panels on south side (direct sunlight from about 12:00 up to 19:00). Panels located on window-sill outside of house.

      On south side I'm using 6V AGM VRLA acid battery (as far as I remember 4.5 Ah), on north side battery is the same, but battery capacity is 1.3 Ah.

      At first I connected panels directly to batteries (panels open-circuit volage is about 6.8-7.5 volts), but I got weird results. When it's sunny and the sky is clear batteries are charging very slowly and then it's cloudy - batteries are charging faster. Scattering of light by clouds?

      Then I connected solar panels to step up regulators (mt3608 as far as I remember, output set to 7.0 volts), now I'm getting very good results. Both batteries are charging almost all the day.

      Graphs showing step up output voltage (connected directly to battery):
      0_1496075893761_solar2.png
      Again, then weather is cloudy batteries are charning a little better.

      Also it seems that I have connected too many batteries. It's necessary to try only 1-2 batteries on each side.

      Now I'm using simple voltage reporting sketch (5V arduino pro mini, report voltage and smartSleep() every 10 seconds), battery connected directly to RAW pin of arduino. Nothing is changed on hardware and software sides except I removed power led. NRF24L01 using it's own AMS1117-3.3 regulator (consumes a lot of current, about 2mA) connected directly to battery.

      posted in Enclosures / 3D Printing
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: What did you build today (Pictures) ?

      Simple RS485 gateway and node for two BME280 sensors:

      0_1508976533269_rs485.jpg

      posted in General Discussion
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Encapsulated transformers instead of traditional switching power supplies like Hi-Link

      So, as I promised, I'm providing test results of smaller one transformer (6V 0.5VA).

      Transfomer output is around 10.0 volts (AC) without load, rectified voltage is about 14.3 volts, DC (IN5819 shottky diode bridge, 16V 220uF capacitor).

      Under load (LM7805 + second 220uF capacitor + Arduino Nano with BME280 sensor and NRF24L01 radio, reporting three values (humidity, pressure, temperature) every second, without deep sleep modes) current usage before LM7805 is around 40 mA (I have no oscilloscope, multimeter only), alternating voltage on transformer output under load is around 7.9 AC volts, rectified voltage is around 8.4 DC volts.

      Transformer (both without load and with load) is a little hot, a little warmer than the human body (maybe around 40 degrees C).

      Test node working great without any issues.

      Size of IN5819 rectifier bridge, two capacitors and LM7805 with transformer is comparable with Hi-Link PSU.

      I think this is very good solution (safety first) for low-power nodes, including in-wall nodes and so on.

      posted in Hardware
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • Simple and lightweight solar panel housing for 60x110 mm sized panels

      I just published, maybe someone will be interested.

      Simple and lightweight 3D-printed solar panel housing for 60x110 mm sized panels widely available on Chinese shops. Three holes on every side for fixing housing allow to fix it in any position/angle. The same holes used to fix solar panel itself in housing.

      I'm using cheap ($1/piece) Chinese solar panels.

      http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2303029

      0_1494200047905_20170506_200623.jpg
      0_1494200276541_solarhousing.png

      0_1494200102051_SolarHousing2.stl
      0_1494200114033_SolarHousing v2.step

      posted in Enclosures / 3D Printing
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Which are trustworthy brands for a simple USB wall charger?

      Seems like this is offtopic, but there are good meanwell power supplies designed to run 24x7, like this:

      http://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=DR-15 (MTBF 1.1M hours)

      Or even something like this:
      http://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=PM-05 (MTBF 1.5M hours) and so on

      I used long time this NFM-05-5 power supplies, very good, no problems at all:
      http://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=NFM-05

      posted in Hardware
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: ESP8266 WiFi gateway port for MySensors

      I think I found problem. As I said before, seems like WiFi's clients[i].write() call blocks thread for a very long time.

      I added logging of write() time:

      		// Send message to connected clients
      		#if defined(MY_GATEWAY_ESP8266)
      			unsigned long start_time = hwMillis();
      			for (uint8_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(clients); i++)
      			{
      				if (clients[i] && clients[i].connected())
      				{
      					clients[i].write((uint8_t*)_ethernetMsg, strlen(_ethernetMsg));
      				}
      			}
      			debug(PSTR("WiFi transaction time: %u ms\n"), hwMillis() - start_time);
      		#else
      			_ethernetServer.write(_ethernetMsg);
      		#endif
      

      And got following results:
      For Perl script from FreeBSD server in another country (ping to server is about 55 milliseconds):

      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 141 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=1,c=1,t=23,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:98
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 141 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=6,c=1,t=43,pt=3,l=2,sg=0:2
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 140 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 1-1-0 s=105,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:27.5000
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 136 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 1-1-0 s=106,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:52.8750
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 140 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 1-1-0 s=107,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:45.9375
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 142 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 1-1-0 s=108,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:34.4375
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 137 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 143 ms
      

      Connection from LAN (windows telnet client):

      0;0;3;0;9;read: 3-3-0 s=1,c=1,t=23,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:61
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 209 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 4-4-0 s=1,c=1,t=24,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:152
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 201 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 4-4-0 s=2,c=1,t=24,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:43
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 212 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 4-4-0 s=3,c=1,t=24,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:129
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 209 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 4-4-0 s=4,c=1,t=24,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:147
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 208 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=102,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:4.2500
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 221 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=103,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:27.4375
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 208 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=104,c=1,t=0,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:23.3750
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 210 ms
      0;0;3;0;9;read: 2-2-0 s=3,c=1,t=1,pt=7,l=5,sg=0:99.9
      0;0;3;0;9;WiFi transaction time: 208 ms
      

      Seems like many packets coming to NRF24L01+ in this time interval (140-200 milliseconds) and this causes NRF buffer overflow and packet loss.

      posted in Development
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Door, Motion and Temperature Sensor

      @CaptainZap https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/archive/master.zip

      wait.png
      wait2.png

      posted in My Project
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      robosensor
    • RE: 💬 MDMSensor "Multisensor"

      Have you tried BME280 sensors? It seems for me that single BME280 sensor can substitute this sensors list:

      DS18B20 (temperature sensor)
      DHT11 (humidity sensor)
      Si7021 (humidity sensor)
      BMP180 (pressure sensor)

      posted in OpenHardware.io
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      robosensor

    Latest posts made by robosensor

    • RE: Windows GUI/Controller for MySensors

      Is it OK?

      https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/6082b86e6a56783e692afaa7c6d79e5af0d6ca58476ef7e180a39594ce441cd7/detection

      0_1523812433718_701d0517-3d92-4369-af2b-0fc52afc907d-image.png

      No such warnings/detections for .282 version.

      posted in Controllers
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      robosensor
    • RE: More reliable relative humidity measurements?

      You can try also Bosch BME280 - all in one sensor for temperature, humidity and pressure

      posted in Hardware
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Fewer home automation postings? What's behind it?

      Ikea is also producing zigbee-compatible smart home components (TRÃ…DFRI series), including led lighting, dimmers, PIRs, ethernet gateways without cloud-based parts (can work w/o internet).

      Starting from $11-$19 for dimmers/PIRs here in Poland.

      posted in General Discussion
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Which are trustworthy brands for a simple USB wall charger?

      Seems like this is offtopic, but there are good meanwell power supplies designed to run 24x7, like this:

      http://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=DR-15 (MTBF 1.1M hours)

      Or even something like this:
      http://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=PM-05 (MTBF 1.5M hours) and so on

      I used long time this NFM-05-5 power supplies, very good, no problems at all:
      http://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=NFM-05

      posted in Hardware
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Which are trustworthy brands for a simple USB wall charger?

      @NeverDie you can just google for images for "exploded/burned phone charger"

      Just an example:

      alt text

      posted in Hardware
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Which are trustworthy brands for a simple USB wall charger?

      If safety is on the first place you can make your own power supply using miniature transformers like this (lower half of PCB):

      Such transformers are very small for low-power nodes:

      alt text

      UPD: link to the topic: https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/6259/encapsulated-transformers-instead-of-traditional-switching-power-supplies-like-hi-link

      posted in Hardware
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: What did you build today (Pictures) ?

      Good ruler, I have such ruler too 🙂

      Today's power part of my RGBW dimmer node (four LED channel PWM inputs, 12V input, +12V sense, +5V, +3.3V outputs). Dimmer is controlled by MySensors and also by conventional Samsung TV remote control (five presets, ability to record color presets, autofade from one preset to another, control of each LED channel brightness, gamma correction and so on).

      0_1509743754832_photo_2017-11-03_23-10-07.jpg

      posted in General Discussion
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: Dallas18B20 begin causes reset [solved]

      Try to call Serial.flush(); after each print line, this ensures that all data sent to serial port before next line executed.
      Can you post image with connection wires to DS18B20 sensor? Could the problem be that this chip is a fake?

      posted in Troubleshooting
      robosensor
      robosensor
    • RE: What did you build today (Pictures) ?

      Power (lower half) and external interfaces (upper half) PCB for my "entrance" MySensors node (unregulated voltage, +5V, +3.3V, doorbell detector, electronic door lock status, temperature, etc). I'm using conventional 220V=>6V transformers as main power supply and as simple 220V presence detector for doorbell.

      0_1509398995945_photo_2017-10-30_23-21-08.jpg

      posted in General Discussion
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      robosensor
    • RE: What did you build today (Pictures) ?

      Simple RS485 gateway and node for two BME280 sensors:

      0_1508976533269_rs485.jpg

      posted in General Discussion
      robosensor
      robosensor