June 2016 Nut and Volts and a Prop 1 (Home automaion ZigBee)

JohnR2010

The June 2016 Nuts and Volts features my article on how to use a Propeller and a xBee ZB with SmartThings to drive an analog panel meter. It made the cover!
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mindrobots

Congrats! I love the cover! My daughter (mildy computer nerdy) saw it and said, "What the heck is that?"

We may need to try some analog meters and gauges to give her some foundation in history!

JohnR2010

Smile. Yea I have always thought panel meters made anything look fancy!
Thanks

JonnyMac

Well done! My copy hasn't arrived yet -- looking forward to reading your article.

Publison

Just read it in the doctor's office yesterday. It was nice having it in print.

Whit

Very impressive - got my copy two days ago! Congratulations!

Thanks for automating our coop too! ;-)

JohnR2010

JonnyMac wrote: »

Well done! My copy hasn't arrived yet -- looking forward to reading your article.

Well you will find some of your code! I have Adafruit WS2812 LEDs along the top and use your driver! Thanks for sharing.

JohnR2010

Thanks guys and thanks to everyone for all the help!!

Peter Jakacki

I don't subscribe to mags in general but I'm curious so I've subscribed to a 1 year print+ option. Look forward to reading about your project!

JohnR2010

Peter Jakacki wrote: »

I don't subscribe to mags in general but I'm curious so I've subscribed to a 1 year print+ option. Look forward to reading about your project!

Thanks Peter! Just as an FYI you and Tracy helped me work out the details on a power circuit for another ZigBee battery powered project this time last year. Well it has been running over 9 months on one 9v battery in test mode. If it makes it to the year point I'm going to write it up. That was one of the most challenging projects I have done! Thanks again for your help!!

DrPop

Sweet! I just got it in the mail, too. Thanks for your hard work and making the cover is a feather in your cap to boot.

T Chap

I'd like to get a Zigbee module to connect to the Prop and control some lights. Is there a preferred module to use? I see a number of Xbee zigbee devices.

JohnR2010

T Chap wrote: »

I'd like to get a Zigbee module to connect to the Prop and control some lights. Is there a preferred module to use? I see a number of Xbee zigbee devices.

I would go with the xBee ZB SMT Digi Part # XB24CZ7PIS-004

T Chap

http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/157233/propeller-to-smartthings-communicating-with-the-zigbee-ha-public-profile/p1

Thanks, I just found this article you did today and was going to try it out soon. I think this part for Pro is the same but better range.

http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/digi-international/XBP24CZ7UIS-004/602-1241-ND/3026313

JohnR2010

Yep the pro will work fine and is higher power. Just a little more expensive.