When experimenting with your Arduino board by interfacing with the "outside world", it can be difficult and time consuming to mess about connecting wires of various sizes to the board.
For the example Arduino code, visit here. And we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well. Or in this case - the Arduino could become the controller of the alarm system if still in place, opening up more advanced control and interface methods.
For example:Īlthough this is a specific example, it shows what can be done with random devices found around the home or elsewhere with an Arduino.
#Sleepytimer serial#
Originally it would have been connected to the alarm master control box, however using his examples it can communicate via the serial monitor and therefore can be controlled with an Arduino. One example of this is ' Caitsith2' who has determined how a DSC PC1500RK alarm system control panel works and communicates.
One of the great things about the Arduino system is the ease in which it can interface with other devices.
#Sleepytimer upgrade#
When projects such as the Hard-Dj have outgrown the normal Arduino-compatible boards, running out of program and flash memory space, or you're stacking on Ethernet and microSD shields, or all at once - it's time to upgrade to the Freetronics EtherMega: To do so, visit the project page on GitHub for the code, Arduino libraries and other information. And we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well. For example:Ĭertainly a step above the rest, the "Hard-DJ" is a MIDI controller that works well and can be reproduced with a little effort. However the designers have taken the next step and used two old hard drive platters which are mounted to encoder wheels, that act as controls which are operated in the same way as a DJ would fool about with two record players. Based on an Arduino Mega-style board, the Hard-DJ uses the usual buttons and sliding potentiometers for control.
#Sleepytimer full#
If you're looking to create an Arduino-based data logging solution, consider our Freetronics EtherTen. Apart from being fully Arduino Uno-compatible, it has onboard Ethernet, microSD socket, full USB interface (so you don't need a costly FTDI cable just to upload a sketch!) and supports optional Power-over-Ethernet:Īlthough building MIDI controllers with Arduino boards is becoming quite popular, not many of these have resulted with an imaginative form of user input similar to the "Hard-DJ" example we found recently. This is an amazing logging device that must have saved Mark a lot of money over paying for a commercial unit or visiting a special sleep-monitoring service.įor more information, visit here for links to the project detailed images and Arduino sketch. And we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well. With his "Sleepytimer" you can record the movements made while lying in bed, as a three-axis IMU measures and sends the movements to an Arduino-based device which not only plots them on a graphic LCD, it also dumps the data in graph form to an old point-of-sale printer. Once again Mark Wilson has created and share with us another of his fascinating Arduino-based projects.
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