Posted in Arduino, Power switch, Sprinkler Projects on Jun 29th, 2013
One of the hallmarks of OpenSprinkler / OpenSprinkler Pi is the capability of expanding the number of zones. While the main controller can only interface with 8 zones, you can expand beyond 8 zones by daisy chaining Zone Expansion boards. Each expansion board adds another 8 zones. Because the zone expansion is implemented using shift […]
Posted in Arduino, Product News, Sprinkler Projects on Jun 17th, 2013
After a few weeks of shipping these ‘underground’, I am finally happy to spread the words around: the OpenSprinkler Pre-Release v2.0s is officially available for sale! Note that this is the SMT assembled version — we don’t have DIY 2.0 yet. As usual, the first question to ask is what’s new in this version? Upgraded […]
Posted in Arduino, Maker Faire, Sprinkler Projects on May 17th, 2013
Contrary to what I mentioned in a previous post, I have made the very last-minute decision to attend the Bay Area Maker Faire 2013. I will be flying out of Massachusetts early tomorrow morning, and get to the Maker Faire ground in the afternoon to do initial setup. Aaron Newcomb has kindly volunteered to help […]
Posted in Arduino, Sprinkler Projects on May 11th, 2013
I know, it has been a pain to compile OpenSprinkler 1.x source code, mainly because the firmware has grown to the point that you can only compile it successfully (i.e. within 32KB size) under a particular version of avr-gcc (4.5.3) in a particular version of Linux. This is very annoying for users who want to […]
Posted in Arduino, Sprinkler Projects on May 9th, 2013
Hi All, OpenSprinkler will have a booth at the Bay Area Maker Faire again this year. Due to a number of reasons, I cannot make it myself, but Aaron Newcomb from California has generously volunteered to host the booth for me. He will be showing demonstrations with the OpenSprinkler controller. There will also be flyers […]
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