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Blinking World
04/03/2017 at 02:14 • 0 commentsLast night, I was able to get my ESP32 Dev Board to blink an LED. While this is no major feat, I was happy that the process went smoothly. In case you have not run through the process before, here is how I did it:
- Followed the installation guide for “Ardunino core for ESP32 WiFi chip” (thanks to http://esp32.net/ for the link), I installed all the software for the ESP32.
- Opened the Arduino IDE
- Opened the Blink example
- Changed the default pin for LED from 13 to 5
- Connect a 500 ohm resister (I used two 1K resistors in parallel) to pin 5 and to the positive end of an LED. The negative end of the LED goes to ground.
- Connect the ESP32 to the computer via USB.I had to go to my Window’s control panel and update the driver before it told me the correct COM port.
- Set the Board and Port in the Tools directory of the Arduino IDE
- Compile and upload the code to the ESP32. This took a several minutes on my machine and I got an error with something about an exit 1. I ignored the error when I…
- Watch the excitement of the LED blinking.
Next up is the controlling the relays. I will also figure out if the error is anything to be concerned about.
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Requirements for Making iDONT Likeable
03/23/2017 at 01:49 • 0 commentsSo my wife has been putting a note by the doorbell "please knock, sleeping babies." Simple, effective, but I think we can do better.
What would be helpful in an Doorbell disabler device?
- Ease of use. Sure, it can be Internet enabled, but if it requires a big software setup and registration it is not easy to use. The software should also be simple. If the hardware takes a professional to install the physical device, it is too difficult to use.
- The device and software should not require a lot of attention. Charging a battery every few days is too much. I would like at least a month, if not AC powered to be always on.
- A "snooze" feature where the doorbell can be disabled for one to four hours and then automatically enabled again.
- A log feature if any doorbells rings occur while disabled.
- A "route to phone" feature that alerts a phone instead of the doorbell.
- Not expensive or power hungry.
- Open source!
Anything else? I am sure that I will be adding more as I think of it.