[Noisebridge-discuss] Electronics Question

Mario Landau Holdsworth mariolh at gmail.com
Thu Jan 10 20:45:36 UTC 2013


Here is a tutorial for using this hardware with an AVR microcontroller:

http://winavr.scienceprog.com/example-avr-projects/running-tx433-and-rx433-rf-modules-with-avr-microcontrollers.html

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Mario Landau Holdsworth <mariolh at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Maybe I could use Bluetooth, Xbee or RF?
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
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