I looked at the assembly instructions. It looks pretty easy to make. The
IOIO is a bit more expensive than other microcontrollers though.
I'm going to add this to my list of projects to build in the future.
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Jason Axelson <bostonvaul...@gmail.com>wrote:
How hard u think it'd be to use a different microcontroller? I know there's
some android SDK stuff.
-- Matt Berry
On Oct 16, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Matthew Badeau <matt...@hicapacity.org> wrote:
I looked at the assembly instructions. It looks pretty easy to make. The
IOIO is a bit more expensive than other microcontrollers though.
I'm going to add this to my list of projects to build in the future.
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Jason Axelson <bostonvaul...@gmail.com>wrote:
I didn't see a link to source code, so I'm not sure of the difficulty level
of swapping them out. I would have to look at the datasheets too to find
out what protocols HVAC systems use.
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Matthew Berry <shifte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I havn't looked that close at it.
> How hard u think it'd be to use a different microcontroller? I know
> there's some android SDK stuff.
> -- Matt Berry
> On Oct 16, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Matthew Badeau <matt...@hicapacity.org>
> wrote:
> I looked at the assembly instructions. It looks pretty easy to make. The
> IOIO is a bit more expensive than other microcontrollers though.
> I'm going to add this to my list of projects to build in the future.
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Jason Axelson <bostonvaul...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> Wow, that looks really nice. Now I wish I had AC in my apartment so I
>> could play with it.
>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Matthew Berry <shifte...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Now this is just sweet
I think it's as simple as two pairs of contacts: one pair heats, the other
cools. At it's simplest, a thermostat turns on the heat when it's cold and
the AC when it's hot. With a thermistor and a relay you should have all the
hardware you need.
The fun part comes from writing software that regulates the temperature
best and most efficiently (probably trickier than it seems). Then you add
scheduling software and a net connection so you can control it remotely.
You would actually learn a lot from writing the temperature control
algorithm about real world control. It's very easy to write something that
oscillates wildly :-)
On Oct 16, 2012 7:49 PM, "Matthew Badeau" <matt...@hicapacity.org> wrote:
> I didn't see a link to source code, so I'm not sure of the difficulty
> level of swapping them out. I would have to look at the datasheets too to
> find out what protocols HVAC systems use.
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Matthew Berry <shifte...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> I havn't looked that close at it.
>> How hard u think it'd be to use a different microcontroller? I know
>> there's some android SDK stuff.
>> -- Matt Berry
>> On Oct 16, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Matthew Badeau <matt...@hicapacity.org>
>> wrote:
>> I looked at the assembly instructions. It looks pretty easy to make. The
>> IOIO is a bit more expensive than other microcontrollers though.
>> I'm going to add this to my list of projects to build in the future.
>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Jason Axelson <bostonvaul...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> Wow, that looks really nice. Now I wish I had AC in my apartment so I
>>> could play with it.
>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Matthew Berry <shifte...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Now this is just sweet
