2014 in review Unknown 09:47 Add Comment Edit The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Op... Read More
Getting started with an I2C LCD using a bus pirate Unknown 11:01 7 Comments Edit I got one of these ( The LCD! ) LCDs from the budget and the motive is to use them to display air quality. Low and behold I got them and the... Read More
Final Summary "Forget What?" Project: An IOT based home automationsystem with a budget!: Part-2 Unknown 07:53 Add Comment Edit Prelude My previous post was a textual summary of work done and I just could not shrink it more. In this post I continue by providing de... Read More
Final Summary "Forget What?" Project: An IOT based home automation system with a budget!: Part-1 Unknown 07:46 Add Comment Edit Acknowledgement The author would like to thanks the sponsors Element14, Tektronix, Eclipse IOT, EnOcean, Raspberry Pi, Cadsoft for the tools... Read More
IOT Air Quality Sensor: Firecracker After math Analyzer Unknown 07:39 Add Comment Edit Prelude Pollution is a big problem today and its an ever increasing problem. It is said that prevention is better than cure, but a lot of pe... Read More
The Age of Information: Internet Of Things and Everthing Unknown 15:50 Add Comment Edit Prelude - Age industrial age The industrial age came about with the advent of the desire of people to live better lives and have access to f... Read More
QUADCOPTER PROJECT : 02 : The Frame and Lift Test Unknown 07:07 Add Comment Edit Prelude In the last post, I started by linking to the various resources and buying the basics and then testing the 'air' by getting ... Read More
Internet of Things - Unraveling technology demands & developments Unknown 10:58 Add Comment Edit Read More
Motor Driver Test on an Arduino Unknown 14:10 Add Comment Edit Introduction There are prolly a billion tutorials for this and mine is prolly not the best but I am writing it anyways. Here is a piece of a... Read More
My Story Of Persistence with persistence on OpenHAB. AND a tutorial onRule and Timers Unknown 06:48 Add Comment Edit Introduction The raspberry pi does not have the conventional x86 architecture for a processor. Instead it has an ARM processor running ... Read More
EnOcean Programming: Blinking LED on the TCM330 Unknown 06:35 Add Comment Edit Introduction My quadcopter was supposed to take first flight this weekend but since it is now a 'minion battle royale', I thought I ... Read More
The Raspberry Pi Power Analysis featuring the Tektronix Scope Unknown 05:33 Add Comment Edit Introduction I am waiting for my stuff to get delivered which are basically parts and parts. One of features of my design is that the raspbe... Read More
Pi In a Display Box Unknown 05:18 Add Comment Edit As I wait for the parts to be delivered, I started work on the case for the RPi. This is the center piece for my demo and with my limited ca... Read More
CapSense MBR3 Evaluation Kit - Review Unknown 05:11 Add Comment Edit Introduction A lot of projects and products involve a user interface which is buttons and switches and knobs. The cost of industry grade pan... Read More
Tutorial for Interfacing OpenHAB with EnOcean Pi Unknown 04:38 Add Comment Edit Introduction In my last post, I discussed how to get OpenHAB up and running. For the "Forget me not" Design Challenge, one of the ... Read More
Obligatory Install Tutorial For RPi and OpenHAB Unknown 04:23 3 Comments Edit The first thing you need to do when you get your raspberry pi, is get a case? Well you can 3D print one. Here is a good example for the B+ R... Read More
Designing A System Of IOTs- Rant! Unknown 13:33 Add Comment Edit When we start working on a project, we start by isolating a problem and then designing a solution for it. For the Internet of things, this m... Read More
Working With OpenHAB: Ultra Short Working Demo Unknown 02:25 Add Comment Edit I started work on my home automation project and I got OpenHAB to ping my Cellphone to identify if I was at home or not. A short video demon... Read More
Wireless Charging: TI, Wurth: Beaglebone Unknown 12:42 Add Comment Edit Here is the video presentation for my wireless charging project. Cheers [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhsRbSoPGQ[/embed] Read More
Using a HL-340 USB Serial Adapter against 2.6.23 linux kernel Unknown 08:15 Add Comment Edit I bought these Arduino Nano clones from Aliexpress and it turns out they might not work on the Rpi. This post seems to have an answer. I wan... Read More
Quadcopter Project : 01 : Beginnings Unknown 08:39 Add Comment Edit So I finally worked up the guts to make a quadcopter. This series of posts will cover the parts I can write about as I get the time. So here... Read More
Tektronix TBS1202B-EDU Oscilloscope for Education Unknown 07:53 Add Comment Edit 1. Overview The Tektronix - TBS1XXXB-EDU series of Oscilloscope have been targeted towards the educational sector. The logo on the front pan... Read More
Inverter AC buying guide and Daikin India Inverter AC review Unknown 03:58 3 Comments Edit Summers in India are usually very tough and the only way we can work in the office or in some parts, sleep at nights, is under the cool air ... Read More
Smart Container Project Explaination Unknown 06:49 Add Comment Edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZMiB0LujxE A short video explaining the concept for my project for the beyond the phone challenge. Read More
TI Fuel Tank BoosterPack & MSP430F5529 Launchpad - Review Unknown 14:14 Add Comment Edit Disclamer : I respect the work put in my every design engineer. I understand that they did the best job that they could and will learn over ... Read More
TI FUEL TANK and Launchpad review Unknown 15:22 Add Comment Edit I just did a massive review at element14. http://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/1717 Read More
The Title! Unknown 07:46 2 Comments Edit So I have been debating on the exact title of my roadtest design and so far I have really come up with ugly names to say the least. The func... Read More
My Design Idea got selected for a contest! YAY!! Unknown 07:40 3 Comments Edit Well I got selected for the road test and design contest so yay! I am not sure as to when we begin since I have not received any notificatio... Read More
Getting the Crystal Running Unknown 06:35 Add Comment Edit [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="461"] Partially assembled[/caption] So My AVR kept behaving strangely... Read More
Working with unsigned drivers in windows 8.1 Unknown 12:04 Add Comment Edit I have a couple of open source tools such as “Bus Pirate” and “Open Logic Sniffer” from Dangerous prototypes and I recently upgraded my work... Read More