Am 02.09.2012 um 02:44 schrieb Gabriel Willen: > I thought you all would get a kick out of this, but i designed my sprinkler > system controller using Gladevcp & a few custom hal components. I doubt > this was in mind when EMC2 was being made but i figured hey what the heck. > I have 9 zones. I bought 9 < > http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Probes.phtml> and 9 > <http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/THERM200/>, along with 9 small solar > cells. i monitor the sensor readings using an atmega micro-controller, pass > the analog value to Hal, and adjust each zones watering accordingly. then > using a parallel port relay board i turn the valves on and off. I should > have it up and running this week. I know I know, why didn't i just write a > python program to do it all, well i'm just a linuxcnc fan-boy i guess. Plus > i feel like this sprinkler.comp would be a great addition to the component > list on the wiki. > > okay, let the joke's begin
Gabe - you make my day - by showing that HAL is very versatile and not limited to driving 'machines' I encourage you to document the project, if only to float the idea with other folks. - Michael > > Gabe > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
