I ordered a 5 pack of the sonoff switches from here: https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-wifi-wireless-switch.html
For about 6 buck each. I've not had the chance to do anything with them, I might make Mondays meeting, and I'll try to bring one that you can play with. Glen On Sun, Nov 11, 2018, 9:20 PM Mike Lisanke via TriEmbed < [email protected]> wrote: > Actually, there are many IOT devices that include Internet (wired or > wireless) and a RGB LED or many ... and many of them are less than $30. > > To make you app, all you need is an Internet App which pulls or gets push > data and changes it's color. Cool Packages cost money But some of the > Adafruit Playground have LED and Sensors and Internet and programming for > non-programmers etc. > > There are also RGB LED WiFi lightbulb but you'll likely have to add an > external Internet compute to drive it... I think something like IFTTT can > drive it but you'll be putting your Intranet at risk dropping a light bulb > on the Internet :-p > > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 7:48 PM Pete Soper via TriEmbed < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Right. You can buy a smaller number for even less. The instructable below >> shows how to control it with a Raspberry Pi. >> >> https://www.instructables.com/id/Control-Sonoff-From-Raspberry-Pi/ >> >> But you're still going to need invention, and that's the magic that >> bridges between what your packet program is doing on the Raspberry Pi and >> the actions necessary to invoke the program to turn on the Sonoff. You >> won't find that at Amazon Prime, but if you come to the meeting tomorrow >> somebody might be able to find out more about how the packet radio code >> works and suggest an approach. >> >> -Pete >> >> On 11/11/18 7:40 PM, Tadd Torborg via TriEmbed wrote: >> >> 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/ >> >> 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 >> >> Also, here’s a more complete Rpi based 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 >> >> Hope this helps. >> Cheers! >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM Tadd Torborg via TriEmbed < >> [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 >>> Raleigh NC >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list >>> >>> To post message: [email protected] >>> List info: >>> 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]?subject=unsubscribe >>> >>> -- >> -Brian >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list >> >> To post message: [email protected] >> List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org >> TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org >> To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: >> mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >> <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list >> >> To post message: [email protected] >> List info: >> http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org >> TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org >> To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto: >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >> >> > > -- > Best regards, Mike > _______________________________________________ > Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list > > To post message: [email protected] > List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org > TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org > To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto: > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe > >
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