On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Okay Plug, let's get those creative juices flowing. I am sick of crappy > non-intuitive user interfaces on home sprinkler control boxes, so I want to > build my own. snip > > Any ideas where I should start? I reckon I'll need these questions answered > first: something with plenty of spare GPIO pins could fire relays... I think the enhanced X10 controls have stuff that can inform the control station about its status. If you can't reuse that, you might want a similar feature too. > - How do I control a sprinkler valve? > - What kind of hardware platform should I use to do that? > > If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. > > --Dave > Scott. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
