IoT - Tag - Incredible Technology, Incredibly Simple https://damianflynn.github.io/tags/iot/ IoT - Tag - Incredible Technology, Incredibly Simple Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 CBus MQTT Bridge on Raspberry PI https://damianflynn.github.io/posts/cbus-mqtt-bridge-on-raspberry-pi/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Damianhttps://damianflynn.github.io/authors/damianhttps://damianflynn.github.io/posts/cbus-mqtt-bridge-on-raspberry-pi/

Turn back to 2007; My wife and I built our home, integrating many smart technologies, including the Clipsal C-Bus lighting system. This solution is classified as a Prosumer technology, and is designed to integrate into whole house automation systems.

The C-Bus system implements however a propriatory technology, and utilizes a communication protocol which is not ‘open source’; however, accepting a licence agreement will permit access to this protocol for creating an programming interface.

]]> Running FastLED on the Dual-Core ESP32 https://damianflynn.github.io/posts/running-fastled-on-the-dual-core-esp32/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Damianhttps://damianflynn.github.io/authors/damianhttps://damianflynn.github.io/posts/running-fastled-on-the-dual-core-esp32/

There are many projects posted over the web which implement the excellent FastLED library on the ESP12 processor; however locating a project which implements this on the more powerful sibling is a lot more difficult.

So, with a few failed attempts and a lot of patching samples together; I have a stable running implementation which you can clone or fork to get up and running quickly with your own projects.

]]> My Journey to the Internet of Things https://damianflynn.github.io/posts/my-journey-to-the-internet-of-things/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Damianhttps://damianflynn.github.io/authors/damianhttps://damianflynn.github.io/posts/my-journey-to-the-internet-of-things/

In a previous post, I referred to an embedded device which is called a NodeMCU. This device is a developer kit, designed to make it easy to develop and test programs for the embedded ESP8266 System on a Chip. Many manufacturers are offering both developer and production kits which leverage this SoC; including the Wemos D1, Lolin, and in my case the NodeMCU.

The function of these developer kits is to add some supporting features, for example, a USB to serial converter which makes programming a lot easier, in addition to a couple of buttons, and maybe an LED or two, for testing some simple scenarios with.

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