We have ethernet running through the house now. I plan to connect some Arduino-driven sensors in the garage, feeding the Alix that is out there, and access the data from other machines, over the ethernet. Thus, we will be able to see whether we left the garage door open (and close it) over the net.
But there are a few places where I would like to access the data where we won't have normally have computers, laptops, or iPhones. It would be nice to have a low power, low bandwidth small display connected to the ethernet that could display status. A few LEDs and buttons at minimum, a push-to-light small display with touch panel might be nicer. I would like "open programmable", though perhaps not a complete OS. Low power (milliwatts) when not user activated, sub-second turnon, and small. X10 is a little too simple and slow, and the branching of the circuits and all the power-factor-corrected electronic ballast fluorescents would probably eat the X10 signal. I would prefer ethernet, or at least low voltage signalling, so I can fiddle with it and not get zapped. Does anyone know of little displays or interface boxes that do what I've described? Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
