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• Rewrote the signing library

  Avamander • 07/06/2017 at 12:00 • 0 comments

  Woop!
  
  The signing library is now a lot more useful, making it possible to use any payload you wish however you wish. More testing is needed but it looks promising.

• Signing

  Avamander • 01/24/2017 at 20:10 • 0 comments

  Signing library has been turned more universal, but because of that I also broke it, needs more work but it's looking okay. github.com/Avamander/RF24Signing

• Small status update

  Avamander • 11/13/2016 at 19:21 • 0 comments

  To whoever stumbles upon this:

  I have temporarily suspended the development of my home automation system. Will return to this if I find time to spare. One day...

• Fun stuff

  Avamander • 05/26/2016 at 18:54 • 0 comments

  Well, I have to now manually manage AVR's memory to properly buffer payloads that are almost going to be sent. It is taking a lot more effort finalizing the library than anticipated.

• Signing the messages

  Avamander • 02/28/2016 at 15:27 • 0 comments

  The signing library I have written in the past few days has finally started functioning in only a little below optimal parameters. But it'll take quite a bit to refactor it.

• Busy times

  Avamander • 02/24/2016 at 19:56 • 0 comments

  • Writing basic signing library (software based at the moment) I want the base to work properly.
  • Got proper nRF24L01+ modules. Seriously f*** the clones

• Christmas

  Avamander • 12/26/2015 at 15:36 • 0 comments

  Things in progress:

  • I am currently exploring signing RF24Mesh messages with ATSHA204A
  • Long term testing the library if any issues arise
  • PIR sensors (those 0.99£ ones) are somewhat tolerable quality, in many cases it does not detect quick enough.
  • Rewriting control utility in Python
  • Learning Java for Android app (Material design is awesome)

  Took some photos too, will see if I will be able to upload some.

• Rewriting

  Avamander • 11/07/2015 at 23:09 • 0 comments

  Weekend begun, spent a day fixin' stuff

  • Doing a GUI for the project in Python is times more complicated than in Processing, but it's going to be worth it
  • The cheap PIR modules you get from eBay are funky, they seem to calibrate themselves to a certain environment or light setting and then they give false readings, I need to find something that auto-recalibrates.
  • My common code library is awful, it desperately needs rewriting. I would just love to nuke the library I wrote but I need it :(

  Hopefully I'll start making more progress now that Arduino IDE actually works properly. (If one excludes my poor Python GUI writing that delays things)

• Busy times

  Avamander • 10/13/2015 at 16:51 • 0 comments

  Did quite a bit:

  • Found an old vintage phone (huge one) from the attic, stripped empty inside before I got it.
  • Soldered together a few more nodes, last one looks really neat.
  • My overlay chip does not want any changes to it's EEPROM for some reason, will delay using it :/
  • My ethernet module came in the mail, quite neat, but I have no idea if I'll use it in my home automation. Maybe as a backup master node if one goes down? I'll see if the library supports it.
  • Writing an Android app is a PITA on an old computer.

  So many things to try out and so small amount of free time.

• More fancy hardware

  Avamander • 08/10/2015 at 11:35 • 0 comments

  • Just received my MAX7456 overlay board altho programming it was a pain.That means my TV got smarter. When the system is done, I'll upload 1.5.6 Arduino IDE compactible libraries.
  • Moved few more nodes to prototype plates instead of breadboards they were on.

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