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BS2 as a WiFi thermostat

WB9OUFWB9OUF Posts: 5
edited 2009-07-29 05:45 in BASIC Stamp
To my knowledge the BS in any incarnation has not been used as a programable home thermostat, with WiFi capabilities.· Does anyone have any information to the contrary, I would be very interested...Jeff

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2009-07-29 05:45
    The BS2 really doesn't have the memory to do WiFi. You can attach a PINK to a WiFi Bridge and use a BS2 with the PINK to act as a very nice, but very expensive and relatively large home thermostat.

    Parallax has announced that they are developing a WiFi interface for use with their microcontrollers, but there's no date given. It's probably on the order of months. You might be better off with a YBOX2 (which uses the Propeller) with a WiFi Bridge unless you're willing to wait.

    There are several 3rd party WiFi interfaces that talk serial. You might be able to get a BS2 to talk to talk to one of those, but the BS2 probably would only be able to handle a Telnet interface. If you want to serve up web pages, you need a bit more memory than a BS2 can provide.
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