Arduino

Using Segger Studio, Nordic SDK and Arduino with Particle Xenon

Long Range Wireless Software for Arduino and MicroPython

In the process of testing LoRa boards it became clear that the available driver software wasn’t acceptable. To use the least power possible it has to support transmit and receive interrupts in a simple fashion. Nothing I found did…

Use Visual Studio Code for Arduino

VSCode has an Arduino plugin available in preview. Use it. Put your Arduino desktop application in cold-storage. Comparing the two is like comparing a beaver with a 2 ton backhoe.

How to Program an ESP32 in Arduino while using ESP-IDF functions

Adding a tiny OLED display to the Particle Photon

Getting the Sainsmart 2in1 Motor Controller Running

The Sainsmart 2in1 is a Mega2560-based motor controller with on-board pluggable motor drivers. As usual the documentation is slim to none and it didn’t really work out of the box as far as I could tell.

The Room Controller : Software

The Photon Software is straightforward.

During setup it tries to figure out a few things. Which board rev — if there is a thermistor on A0 it’s a new V2 board. Which thermistors are connected — disconnected ports will read high due to the pullups…

House: The Conclusion

After waiting literally 20 years for technology to catch up with my smart home design I have what I believe is a good solution.

Note, by the way, that these use no batteries. Power busses run in the basement and attic to each room. Motion sensors are powered from…