[Noisebridge-discuss] Electronics Question

[Phil Spitler]

Great, seems like a lot of good suggestions for me to look into. 

To answer a few if the questions. 

I want to fabricate the housing for both the light and the switch. This means using an old cell phone won't work as the controller. 

For the light, I want to use about 12" of rgb LED strip inside the light I make. 

I actually want the switch to activate 3 lights in 3 different places in the building. This means multiplying the cost of each component in the receiving end. 

If I were to use the imp, I could I build this setup without Arduino?

Likewise could I use xbee without Arduino?

Phil



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On Jan 10, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Dan Cote <terminationshok at gmail.com> wrote:

> The imp can control an led without an arduino. Then you can use an old cell phone to control it. I have this working if you are interested.
> 
> On Jan 9, 2013 10:46 PM, "Phil Spitler" <phil at bonfirelabs.com> wrote:
>> I would like to make an LED light that can be controlled by some form of wireless on/off switch.
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>> I cannot use IR as the switch will be in a different room to the light.
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>> I think I could use the Imp board I have seen on Instructables but that seems expensive as I think I would need 2 Arduinos, 2 Imp shields and 2 Imps.
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>> Maybe I could use Bluetooth, Xbee or RF?
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>> Any thoughts?
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>> Cheers.
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>> Phil
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