Posted in Apps, OpenSprinkler, Product News, Raspi, Sprinkler Projects on Mar 1st, 2015
Hey, it’s March already, that means spring will be here soon! Amid an unusually cold winter and freezing weather this winter in New England, we’re finally starting to see some warm winter days. No more snow please, we’ve had enough 🙂 Ars Technica This post is to give you some recent updates on OpenSprinkler and […]
Posted in OpenSprinkler, Product News, Raspi on Jan 5th, 2015
When I first had the idea to design OpenSprinkler Pi (OSPi), a secret motivation was that one day I figured out how to fit Raspberry Pi into the existing OpenSprinkler enclosure. Yes, it sounds silly, and you can laugh at it; but if you understand how much it costs to make an injection molded enclosure, […]
Posted in IoT, OpenSprinkler, Product News, Sprinkler Projects on Dec 3rd, 2014
In the past I’ve written several blog posts about how to use Arduino to interface with remote power sockets. For home automation involving powerline devices (e.g. lights, heaters, pumps, fans), this is my favorite solution, because it’s low-cost (remote power sockets are widely available at cheap price) and convenient (no messing around with relays and […]
Posted in Product News, Raspi, Sprinkler Projects on Nov 19th, 2014
As you’ve probably heard: the Raspberry Pi Foundation recently released RPi A+, which is the first RPi that’s smaller in size than any other RPi. It is essentially a B+ with less memory (256 MB vs. 512 MB), one USB port (instead of four), and a compact form factor (65mm vs. 85mm). Not only is […]
Posted in Arduino, Product News, Wearable on Nov 14th, 2014
Since SquareWear 2.0 and Mini, there will soon be a new member in the SquareWear family. This is a sneak peak preview of SquareWear Esimal — the tiniest SquareWear ever made 🙂 How does it differ from the other two members? First, it’s tiny and measure only 1.1″ x 0.7″. It’s designed to be small, […]
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