How This project came about:
This project initially started life as purely a software project. I wanted a way to document all my stuff for insurance purposes. Like any good software developer I was not happy with other offerings out there so I stated writing my own. After I started writing the software I found that I wanted to keep track of more then just my non-consumables like tools and my stereo. I wanted to keep track of my consumables like food, or office supplies. So that the systems could tell me when I was low on something. But I did not want the trouble of manually incrementing and decrementing my stocks. So I figure with some specially designed shelfing and an arduino with some limit switches hooked up to the shelfing and an Ethernet shield I should be able to have a nice system to keep my home inventory.
What the project will be:
- Web based software to manage
- Arduion with sensors that communicant to web server to ++ and -- qty
- Modular shelving
People are following me so I thought I should give some kind of update.
What have I been doing:
Well being a software developer I started on the software first. I had something that for the most part worked but the code was not very pretty and I really did not use any standard design. The truth is that I am kind of embarrassed of it. So I have been rewriting my code base in the MCV style. And due to life I dont get to work on the fun stuff.
A glimpses of what I have been working on:
I also have been working a ncurses interface just because.
The other thing that I have been working on it the first part of the automation. It is going to be a can rack that will use a limit switch or an opto switch (not sure which it use) to count new cans to the rack and cans used. My work has been on making a modular rack where I only have to use one microcontroller for many racks that I can just add on to the end. I will add more info about this soon.
I will also post a link to the gitlab page I keep my code on when I have something that is working again and that I am a little more proud of.
Easily track and deal with your assets with our Mechanized Home Stock framework. Our simple software organizes and categorizes your items by scanning barcodes or uploading images. Get adaptable reports, set updates, and access your stock from anyplace, guaranteeing your effects are constantly represented and effortlessly protected
Easily track and deal with your assets with our Mechanized Home Stock framework. Our simple software organizes and categorizes your items by scanning barcodes or uploading images. Get adaptable reports, set updates, and access your stock from anyplace, guaranteeing your effects are constantly represented and effortlessly protected