Hmm.. Very pretty. Perhaps wishful thinking, but I was looking for something closer to $50 that didn’t require new invention. I like what you came up with. Nice shopping list too.
Have you ever seen a Sonoff WiFi Switch ? Amazon has 6 of these for $65. Tadd / KA2DEW [email protected] Raleigh NC FM05pv “Packet networking over ham radio": http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html <http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html> Local Raleigh ham radio info: http://torborg.com/a <http://torborg.com/a> "When you don't know what you're doing, you might as well do it quickly" - Jase Robertson > On Nov 11, 2018, at 2:52 PM, Brian Chamberlain <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey Tadd, > If you’re talking 10 years ago time frame I’m guessing you’re referring to > the AmbientOrb. It was a device from an MIT group/project that signaled the > state of the weather, stock markets, etc... Here’s an article about that > device. > > http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4758931/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/new-technology-relies-human-visual-system/ > > <http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4758931/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/new-technology-relies-human-visual-system/> > > There have been many of these types of devices launched as > products/kickstarters/DIY projects since then, in various incarnations. I’m > sure you can find examples on Hackster.io. Here’s one I built: > https://www.hackster.io/breakpointer/ambient-web-connected-color-orb-91b9fd > <https://www.hackster.io/breakpointer/ambient-web-connected-color-orb-91b9fd> > > Also, here’s a more complete Rpi based tutorial: > https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/cheerlights-orb-a-node-red-tutorial/ > <https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/cheerlights-orb-a-node-red-tutorial/> > > The neopixel from Adafruit is great for this type of thing. > https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi/overview > <https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi/overview> > > Hope this helps. > Cheers! > > > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM Tadd Torborg via TriEmbed > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Once upon a time, possibly 10 years ago, I remember a device which looked > like a light fixture that sat on a desk. It lit up in color, after it found > some token or cue on the Internet. You could use it to show a weather alert, > or i a certain web page did or did not responded to pings. > I never bought one. Now I need it for a ham radio project. > > What I want to do is have a Raspberry PI that is doing ham radio stuff (TARPN > network communications, in this case) and have a light, possibly a blinking > LED, in the living room of my house, that would indicate a message has been > received via the ham radio TARPN network. The Raspberry PI can have a file > that is present or missing, or filled with some value or another, and the > blinking light needs to use FTP or Telnet via WiFi to the Raspberry PI and > query the file. Alternatively I could have the Raspberry PI issue a telnet > message to turn the light on or off. > > Something like this already exists. Does anybody know where to get one? > > Thanks! > Tadd > > Tadd / KA2DEW > http://tarpn.net <http://tarpn.net/> > Raleigh NC > > > > _______________________________________________ > Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list > > To post message: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org > <http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org> > TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org <http://triembed.org/> > To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: > mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>?subject=unsubscribe > > -- > -Brian
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