[Noisebridge-discuss] Electronics Question

[Mario Landau Holdsworth]

Hi Phil,

You may want to consider using a cheap RF Link device, like the kind used
for garage door openers (I think?). I used these with Arduino, but I
imagine you could use a cheaper micro-controller  There would be some
coding work is involved, but I've had good luck with these, definitely one
the cheaper solutions out there and pretty good range:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10532
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10534

Let me know how your project goes!

Best,

Mario



On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Phil Spitler <phil at bonfirelabs.com> wrote:

> 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:
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>> I would like to make an LED light that can be controlled by some form of
>> wireless on/off switch.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Phil
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