computer for controling my room 2.0

boeboy

This is the latest version of my computer for controlling my room. I got tired of lugging it around my work space (it was in a big ATX computer case) so I invested in the prop demo board and the parallax mouse and keyboard. It does not use the keyboard as of yet. With a trip to my local radio shack, $200 and a month later here is the final outcome.

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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)

jhoyoza

Hi,

Perhaps you could explain what is does a bit more? I know so little about the Prop, perhaps you might explain exactly what your project boxes do with a bit more detail. I simply don't quite understand exactly what it is you have done, and I'm about to move up to a Prop module as I have now gained much experience with the BS2 modules?

It sure sounds advanced alright and looks great!

Thanks!

boeboy

Ya, sorry. Here is my first computer using the BS2P40. http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=622302·· This is just the second version of it using the prop to display the data on a TV instead of a 16 by 2 LCD. ·· As you can see on the side is some CAT-5 connectors the blue one is for the light control box i have a splitter so that when·I make a second light control box·so i can hook them up at the same time. · The orange one is for future use.· Inside·I have the prop demo board.

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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)

Post Edited (boeboy) : 2/14/2007 12:55:41 AM GMT

boeboy

And by the way it is a good ideal to upgrade to the prop it is a great microcontroller.

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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)

boeboy

Here is the new version of the code it now can control up to 3 lights but·I only have two light control boxes built at the time


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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)

Post Edited (boeboy) : 3/4/2007 2:36:24 PM GMT

boeboy

And here are some new pics
the first is a shot of my new light control box the second is an inside shot of my conputer and the third is a screen shot for thoughts that do not have a prop yet

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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)

Post Edited (boeboy) : 3/4/2007 2:33:41 PM GMT

rePete

Neat - glad to see a propeller project - just ordered the education kit. Are you using X11 modules to control things?

boeboy

Nope I made my own boxes they have a nine volt batt on them (if you look closely at the left side·of the·box in·IMG_3794.JPG·you will see the nine volt) it uses this relay to turn on and off the light https://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=139766&pa=139766PS·for the third light control box I am going to get a soled state relay so that I can dim the lights.


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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)

boeboy

OK here is the now version of the code·I have shaved excess stuff out of these drivers;simple_serial,grapics,and mouse.· It is more or less the same as before, but I have added a reset and power down items in the menu along with a rf transmitter that transmits to a BS2 on a BOE which for now dims a LED but with my next order to jamco I am getting a soled state relay. ·· Soon I will post new pics of the box with the transmitter in it.

PS. In the program file there is a BS2 file it is for receving the data from the prop and diming a light

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Post Edited (boeboy) : 5/19/2007 9:01:35 PM GMT

boeboy

Here are the new pics.

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lets see what this does... KA BOOM (note to self do not cross red and black)

RinksCustoms

Nice work! Did you shave those spin files because you ran out of memory to run them? Would a TRIAC circuit work better for a dimmer?

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Definetly a E³ (Electronics Engineer Extrodinare!)
"I laugh in the face of imposible,... not because i know it all, ... but because I don't know well enough!"

boeboy

Yes that is why I shaved those spin files. And yes a TRIAC would most likely work better,but I am not so shur how to hook them up

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D Faust

This project controls what? lights and a screen? Thanks

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D Faust

boeboy

It controls lights the screen is for input along with a mouse it makes a GUI (graphical user interface).

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D Faust

Okay, now I get it. Cool project, I have been thinking of something like that, but with a less complex user interface. Have you thought about making it do more, like turn your computer or other electronics in your room on? Just a thought.

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D Faust

boeboy

Ya I have but I am out of room with the stack for the graphics driver. I have also shaved as much of all of the objects as I can so I have more or less hit a wall.

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boeboy

Hear is the newest version of my computers program it is designed so that i control access with the parallax·RFID reader see new pics and code.···You can access it with two of the tags one is the rectangle and one is the small implantable tag which is in a·eraser (you can see the hole that i put it in, in img_4510).

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boeboy

Hear are the rest of the pics.

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Whit

boeboy,

I love the tag hidden in the Pink Pearl! Sounds like a cool project.

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Whit+


"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney

boeboy

Thank you.

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boeboy

I am no longer using the old·light control boxes·because they were a potential·fire hazzard·and·I have hacked a·light control product (it has three control boxes) that·I got at Costco, it is called superswich. You can see a picture of the part that plugs in to the wall in·IMG_4636.JPG.·in that box there is a RF receiver, a 7·amp relay, a·LED to indicate if it·is on or off,·and a button to turn it on and off manually. The remote for controlling the light control box has three buttons one for each light you can see a picture of the board in IMG_4636.JPG.·All I did to make it work with the prop is solder a wire to ground and one the each of the pins for the buttons.··The code has been modified so that it can trigger the remote and I now use this on a daily basis.

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Robofreak

Hey Boeboy,

I saw where you got those light controllers, and what they were called, so I went to www.costco.com, and did a search for "superswitch", and nothing came up. Then I searched for "super switch", and still nothing. I looked and looked, and found nothing. Could you help me out please?

Thanks,
Robofreak

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Austin Bowen,

Robo-freak.com

"One must watch out for mechanics. They start out with a sewing machine, and end up with the atomic bomb" - A quote from someone that I saw on Addall.com

Whit

Robofreak,

See http://www.firststreetonline.com/category.jsp?id=7864&promotion=86072&gclid=CM3gm5yjsJACFSBMGgodTANs8g·(out of stock)

and http://www.amazon.com/Switch-Wireless-Remote-Control-Outlet/dp/B000EH8S9O·(out of stock)

or http://www.bizrate.com/electronicsunder60/oid613545482.html·(out of stock by only - $29.99)

They seem to be very popular...

This is it isn't·it? Or at least similar?





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Whit+


"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney

Post Edited (Whit) : 12/17/2007 9:49:45 PM GMT

Robofreak

Well, it is the same name... But I thought it would be some kind of thing you install where your light switch would go. But whatever... Thanks for the links! I have almost no experiance with AC circuitry, but making a propeller turn the lights off, etc. would save me a few seconds of the day to do other stuff. [noparse]:D[/noparse]

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Austin Bowen,

Robo-freak.com

"One must watch out for mechanics. They start out with a sewing machine, and end up with the atomic bomb" - A quote from someone that I saw on Addall.com

boeboy

Whit. Yes that is it.

Robofreak. I can not find it at costco.com eather i can only find it at my local costco.

P.S

At Costco they were only $14.95.

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Post Edited (boeboy) : 12/19/2007 10:10:02 PM GMT

phillip v

do you guys think it would be hard to get the x10 home Automation stuff to run off the prop???
www.x10.com

Chris Savage

The BASIC Stamp 2 does it. You need only look up the protocol which is covered in detail on various websites and of course, you need the powerline interface. Take care.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support

phillip v

I'm getting my hands on some x-10 powerline interface's....
by the way boeboy, your project is way cool...

Post Edited (phillip v) : 1/30/2008 2:15:16 AM GMT