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A project log for You Have Mail

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pkPK 09/18/2014 at 22:410 Comments

Another busy month, but a lot of fun!  I now have the RGB LCD (from Adafruit) working, the RGB backlighting gives a very nice effect.  The source code have also been divided into cleaner modules and can easily be re-used on other projects.  (It is not available on GitHub yet.)  I am currently busy cleaning up the keypad code and the battery management code.

You Have Mail did not make the cut for the final 50 of TheHackADayPrize, bummer...  This means that I will now get back on track with the goal of the project of solving the problem.  This means using the XBEE module rather than Electric IMP because I want to get the status information to my existing webserver and for that I need UDP - which Electric IMP does not support.  (There are other ways, but it seems to get a little messy...)  Not quite sure about future project logs etc, however the project will be completed very soon.  If there is further interest in the project or you have any questions, please let me know. 

I have enjoyed taking part in TheHackADayPrize, looking forward to more similar competitions in the future.  I have learned a lot in a relatively short time and have more code modules/hardware etc. to use in future projects. :o)

Best of luck to the 50 finalists - there are some awesome projects in there!!!

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