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Started out as storage during a move and will hopefully end up an proving ground for some of my ideas.
Plans/(Want)To Dos
net.jpgElectrical "boxes" and conductors inside the walls for wiring and sockets/light fixtures.JPEG Image - 2.61 MB - 08/22/2016 at 13:34 |
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Have spent countless hours writing and rewriting a satisfactory "protocol" for my canbus-net, still not done by any means but thus far I've added a cyberpunk touch of LED lighting.
It's far from dead, just improperly kept by a inconsiderate handler :/
In an attempt to keep stuff seperated from "the internetz", NRF24L01+ based Arduino Pro "mini" on the back of an 2.4" SPI TFT LCD with working touch support.
*Repurposing the code from an OLD! wearable project, menu items are just a bunch of placeholder that never got developed beyond some harcoded IR remote control*
Got some of the insulation (especially in the floor) fitted and some heating added pre-winter.
Otherwise have spent ALOT of time figuring out smart part and communications, had to replace the ethernet cables used for my CANbus (mostly due to being to much of a hassle to deal with)
Got:
TP cable 2x2x0.22mm2 for the backbone wiring (one for power and one for CANbus),
and a 3x2x0.14mm2 cable for the "off shoots", again power two for the CANbus back and forth.
Most of the time have been spent on learning the ins and outs of Arduino/Raspberry Pi/CHIP, python/C, linux in general.
Have gotten a long way on my "practical" skills thus far so the "getting into a digital/theoretical" mindset is something new and brings awhole bunch of new challenges :)
Added some brains to the bus in the way of a Raspberry Pi B+
Followed this for the most part
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=141052
First of (atleast) four, the 12V fan is mounted on a 3D printed base fitted into a (I think 80mm drainage pipe) and is placed over the holes for the premade vents and partially open within the wall to move any possible moisture.
Having lights controllable over a CAN bus is all well and good but until I can get some intelligence running it all, I got to settle with an Serial (Arduino) to CAN bus solution connected to my computer which quickly got tedious so why not add some wireless-ness to it?
In comes an cheapo BT to serial module and with some quick app making in http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu
I got this
Got the last two sections for my tool holder wall.
Plan is for the solder station (in the upper right) and other "dangerous if forgotten on" tools to be powered from my soon to be CAN bus controlled sockets.
And as always it will take a while to get any structure going, what is supposed to go where...
Received a bunch of MCP2515 + tranceiver modules and started testing it over some old CAT5e cables I had.
Seeing that it worked, I began running the cables in the walls between the electrical boxes
First attempt of wiring up what will become the power controllers.
Based off of MPDMv4 - Universal AC MAINS Dimmer
Half height of what will be my main/electronics tool wall, spacers 3D printed for the heck of it.
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