Projects
2010
Projects currently in progress:
- 12V battery monitor
- Monitors home power system battery status and distribution of power.
- Safety 12V lighting
- Emergency lighting for power cuts, fires, etc.
- Emergency 12V lighting
- Emergency lighting for power cuts, fires, etc.
- Automated curtains and blinds
- Designing a solution for new installations and retro-fit installations.
- Wireless door contact sensor
- You would think it would be easy to find something to meet these simple requirements!
- Computer controlled irrigation system
- Garden and indoor irrigation system using harvested rain water.
- Optical-isolated input board
- Generic input board for use on our Home Control System (HCS).
- USB I/O board
- To add USB connected IO capability to our Home Control System (HCS).
Completed projects:
- UPS protected network switch
- Essential elements of our home IP network are kept running during power cuts.
- Mains power failure detection
- Enable our Home Control System (HCS) to detect when the mains power fails.
- 12V DC Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)
- Maintain 12V DC power to our Home Control System (HCS) when the mains power fails.
- Dallas 1-Wire twilight sensor
- Enable our Home Control System (HCS) to detect dawn and dusk.
2009
- Recumbent quadricycle
- The design and development of this project is under way.
- Christmas lights
- Real twinkling, external Christmas lights that require very little power.
- 1-Wire Input Board
- Design and build for an 8-input circuit board using the Dallas 1-Wire networking technology and DS2405 devices.
- X10 ambient email
- Using X10 appliance module to switch an ambient device for new email notification.
- X10 appliance control
- Second experiment to test out X10 capabilities based around appliance control.
- X10 hall light
- Experiment to test out X10 capabilities by solving an initial automation challenge in our current home.
- Router status monitoring
- Monitors router status, connection speeds and devices connecting over wi-fi.
- Bicycle USB charger
- Dynamo powered USB port charger for iPhones, etc. whilst on your bicycle.
- Home Control System (HCS) email notification
- Email notifications and scheduled reports.
- Network connection monitoring
- Monitors network connection and tests performance.
