Projects: Which one would you like to see first?

[William At MyBlueRoom]

Here's a list of projects currently on www.myblueroom.com

I'd like your feedback on which one I should start coding first or even just comments on your favourite project.

Almost all projects can be built with many variations, see the schematics for details.

Cricket Communicating Thermostat (currently the most popular)
RS232 or RS485 operation
2 Digit LED with 8 zone status
16x2 LCD display
4 pushbuttons
Relay
I2C thermostat
iButton thermostat
IR Receiver
switch selectable addressing (I2C only)
HVAC control
zoneable operation

Ladybug Super I/O Controller (can be used as HVAC controller with Cricket)

RS232 & RS485 operation
additional secondary RS232 option
Realtime clock with powerfail backup
iButton support
4 switch or GP inputs (1 Analog or digital)
6 Relay outputs
Open collector with PWM output
can use high powered PIC18F2525 or standard 16F876A


Armadillo iButton / Keypad Door Lock with H-Bridge
12 button keypad
iButton reader with LED
2 Status LEDs
H-Bridge can drive small DC motor or two solenoids 1A max
Clock calender option with battery backup 10yrs
EEPROM upgrade for use as a hotel lock or chronolock
remote 1wire lock request (can also be used a an open closed sensor)
exit switch option
buzzer

Owl iButton Five Zone Security System
A simple to build project to demostrate what can be done with 6 I/O lines
uses 1wire serial numbers DS2401 for zones (Armadillo lock can also be a zone)
tamper switch and iButton reader
Relay output
5 zone status LEDs
1 armed LED
1 alarm LED
panic switch

Fox RS232 to RS485 with IR and iButton options
can be powered from RS232 port
uses DS1402D1 iButton reader
defaults to 9600 baud, higher bauds do not support iButton / IR options

Panda RS485 Motor Controller
uses L293 motor controller
4 switch inputs
switch selectable address
can also drive 4 relays (instead of motors)
can also drive a stepper motor

Koloa Same as Panda but with 4 relays instead of L293 (not currently posted)

Yetti RS485 to Relay controller (simple)

Snake Digital Dice (pair of electronic dice)
nice beginner project
auto power off
works great with a tilt switch

Zebra 6 Digit Charlieplexed RS485 Clock with Relay & IR

Beetle RS232 / RS485 IR Remote / Temperature
IR Receiver & Transmitter (38.4 kHz)
I2C temperature sensor
Datalogger option EEPROM
Opps forgot to add the Beetle to the Poll

On the drawing board
Tug of war, a PIC12C508 two push buttons & 7 LEDs in a tug of war

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Sorry if it upsets you?, but so far your site is completely useless as you don't give any code - so there's no point in it being there!. If you can't post code none of your 'so called' projects exist, so what are they doing there?.

As you've previously mentioned that any code you might have is written in an obscure, ancient, non-compatible, assembler, this makes it even worse. However, there is available a converter which gives proper PIC assembler from the Parallax source.

So if you're wanting to run a website, post the code (or don't bother with the site at all), and make sure the code is written in something sensible!.

BTW, why didn't you post this in the correct forum?, and would you like it moving there?.

 

[DirtyLude]

Ah Nigel. As subtle as ever.

I thought you had code for these projects. I didn't realize they were hardware only at this point.

 

[William At MyBlueRoom]

I wanted to get people to look over the schematics and make suggestions to any changes or errors that I overlooked. It's alot of work, not only learning enough about frontpage to get the site up but also tweaking the schematics to get as much out of as little hardware as possible (low cost, easy construction).

All the projects will be made available to anyone including the source code for non commercial use. So far the only income is from google ads. (about $1.50 a day, less than a decent coffee)

obscure, ancient, non-compatible, assembler

It's still supported by tech-tools, CVASM16 and yes it's odd but I can program in it and understand what the code does much faster than MPASM. The source code is usually about 1/2 the size or less than MPASM as many common multiline instructions are one command

example

mov TRISB,#00100100b ; is two MPASM instructions

and I got used to the variable declarations

ds 1 Temp ;not sure what the MPASM command is.

If you can't post code none of your 'so called' projects exist, so what are they doing there?.

The code is in fragments. The hardware for the Ladybug, Cricket & Zebra exist in wirewrapped form. I've posted the schematics to hopefully fuel ideas and suggestions, and a few have come my way and often been added to the design. This post was to inquire which project the community would like me to code first.

I thought this was the correct forum Project Design/Ideas/Reviews.

Feel free to relocate it into the correct forum... Which would that be?

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

I thought this was the correct forum Project Design/Ideas/Reviews.

Feel free to relocate it into the correct forum... Which would that be?

I would have thought Micro Controllers?, but it's your chioice!.