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Month: March 2016

Bitscope Micro

March 31, 2016 Peter Scargillbitscope7 Comments on Bitscope Micro

This morning saw a bumper crop in the post – including – the BitScope Micro which is a usb oscilloscope, logic probe, signal generator and much more.  I already have nScope but I wanted something just a little more advanced as a general purpose tool.  I even did an opening…

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Spring Connector Wire Clamp Terminal Block

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 Peter Scargillterminal block19 Comments on Spring Connector Wire Clamp Terminal Block

This is just too good NOT to share. Now if you’re already using these, my apologies – but as some of you know I’ve been living in a cave for several years (ok, so it has Internet)…  anyway, like most old people, I use choc-block (shown on the right) ALL…

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Pay Per Blynk

March 30, 2016April 14, 2016 Peter ScargillBlynk, Blynk App32 Comments on Pay Per Blynk

Updated 14/04/2016 after feedback from the designers and some more BLYNK development As of a few weeks ago, one of the contenders for the mobile IOT crown, Blynk, has gone properly commercial. Now that’s not necessarily a bad thing – but lets take a look at this in detail. A…

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Life

March 29, 2016March 29, 2016 Peter ScargillUncategorized15 Comments on Life

I was just getting settled into my new office when BANG – a flood –not the global warming type but the crappy plumber type. So – right now the place is a bombsite and we’re sleeping elsewhere at least for tonight – indeed could be longer if they can’t get…

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Sonoff to Mains Block

March 28, 2016November 1, 2019 Peter Scargillsonoff60 Comments on Sonoff to Mains Block

Just an update – today I was clearing out my office boxes and noted 4 old mains control blocks – the kind you buy at B&Q – the kind the cats lose the remote controls – these were a little bigger than some but I think the general principle applies…

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Node-Red Thermostatic function

March 24, 2016 Peter ScargillUncategorized

So – I was asked recently if I would go into detail about the Node-Red thermostat node I wrote some time ago.. I was at pains to point out that I’ve not developed this further because I’m finding FUNCTIONS to be more useful. With the latter it is easier to…

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Updates

March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 Peter ScargillUncategorized6 Comments on Updates

Just some minor updates… If you’re using Blynk server locally for your IOT there is a new update – a fix for crashing with Raspberry Pi 3 and some other fixes by the look of it – link is here. Incidentally I just rename the server file to server.jar and…

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Imperihome Database

March 22, 2016 Peter Scargillimperihome37 Comments on Imperihome Database

I’ve been asked to go into a little more detail about the database side of Node-Red with Imperihome So for example, let’s say you have a temperature sensor. My last blog on the subject shows you how to put the sensor up and show the current temperature. However, if you…

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To Weather or not to Weather

March 19, 2016March 20, 2016 Peter Scargillnode-red, node-red debug, weather7 Comments on To Weather or not to Weather

That’s it – I’m giving up with OpenWeatherMap. I’ve been having trouble recently with it accepting Hexham,UK some days and not others and it is getting worse – when you look at it’s search list it says Hexham,GB (despite the fact that I have to put in UK and not…

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Nextion WIFI Touch Display

March 18, 2016April 5, 2021 Peter ScargillESP12, ESP12E, ESP12F, nextion128 Comments on Nextion WIFI Touch Display

This award-winning project ** is a development of previous (home control 2016) work on the Nextion touch serial displays and offers a WIFI-controlled (MQTT) touch display which can be used with the full range of Nextion displays from the little 320*240 display you see here, up to the 7” model. …

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The Weather

March 15, 2016 Peter Scargillforecast.io, node-red15 Comments on The Weather

I had a chat with my pal Jonathan today about the weather – and more specifically getting it into Node-Red.  If you are building your home control with Node-Red at the centre then it is always nice to have information about the local weather to send off to your various…

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Slampher unfolded

March 14, 2016August 24, 2020 Peter Scargillslampher14 Comments on Slampher unfolded

Just a quick one for those familiar with reprogramming the Sonoff devices…. the Slampher product.. you’ll have seen me ranting about Sonoffs – the incredibly low-priced mains control boards (no – I don’t work for them – but you cannot beat their price for WIFI controlled relay units) – and…

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Putting it all together in Imperihome

March 9, 2016March 15, 2016 Peter Scargillimperihome48 Comments on Putting it all together in Imperihome

This blog entry is about using the Imperihome APP with Node-Red to control IOT. This is looking like the best APP out there.. Read on.. Please note: 14/03/2016 Update thanks to vastly improved understanding of Imperihome – part of this is  thanks to Peter Oakes and his homework (check him…

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Imperihome

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 Peter Scargillimperihome66 Comments on Imperihome

  Imperihome is a well-developed App (Android and IOS) for controlling gadgets (there are some IOS limits). It supports a wide range of systems and has a good range of controls and graphs. Problem is… I don’t want to control any of these – Node-Red is doing a fine job…

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Visual Interfaces for IOT

March 2, 2016March 15, 2016 Peter ScargillBlynk, Node Red, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 2, Raspberry Pi 324 Comments on Visual Interfaces for IOT

So much happening right now – the new Raspberry Pi 3 once again sets the bar with improved performance, Bluetooth and WIFI as standard. With up to 10x the speed of the original Pi we can do even more serious work with these devices. Please note before proceeding – apparently…

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Raspberry Pi 3 Grand Opening

March 1, 2016March 1, 2016 Peter ScargillRaspberry Pi 324 Comments on Raspberry Pi 3 Grand Opening

After a couple of tense hours, the doorbell rang this morning – the RS delivery guy with my brand-spanking new Raspberry Pi 3. So was it worth getting? Is this going to kill the competition? Should I have stopped in bed? The Pi arrived in the usual oversize box –…

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The Onion Omega

March 1, 2016March 1, 2016 Peter ScargillOnion Omega8 Comments on The Onion Omega

The Onion Omega is described as “an invention platform for the Internet or things”. Mine arrived with a bunch of modules including Ethernet, OLED, relay and other modules but the basic setup is the Omega board itself and in order to  do anything with it, the base board which features…

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