Re: [Owfs-developers] Announcement for a new 1-wire slave device BAE0910

2010-03-05 Thread njh
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, zapinio wrote: > It can be used for free ONLY for slaves of Dallas origin. It is patented and > selling of third party slaves was (is?) not accepted by Dallas/Maxim. Those patents must be close to expiring by now? notes about reliability agreed

Re: [Owfs-developers] Announcement for a new 1-wire slave device BAE0910

2010-02-23 Thread njh
't have an old > usb mouse or KB they can scavenge the cable from?) Yep, or someone could make a business selling them :) So are there any shortcomings of existing adapters which would be worth addressing? njh

Re: [Owfs-developers] Announcement for a new 1-wire slave device BAE0910

2010-02-22 Thread njh
even likely to buy more: I can imagine buying your premade 1w slaves and flashing new features onto them. njh -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs

Re: [Owfs-developers] Announcement for a new 1-wire slave device BAE0910

2010-02-22 Thread njh
er ('quadrature'). > Would this be interesting? Is there a datasheet on the 2490 usb > interface? Owfs supports it, so I should be able to get what I need > from the source code, worst case The 2490 only cost me $16, but I think this is interesting because it rem

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1wire control devices -Analog or PWM outputs

2010-01-07 Thread njh
ds which would fit nicely in the owfs model. My only concern is scope creep. Are there any comparable libraries for other sensor-like devices? njh -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take a

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1wire control devices -Analog or PWM outputs

2010-01-07 Thread njh
be useful for other applications. njh -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes

Re: [Owfs-developers] Reading the moisture meter hobby boards with soil sensor

2009-10-29 Thread njh
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Zoff wrote: is costs 70 euro, but it's working for me since august without any problems. and it reads temperature also, with 1/8 °C accuracy. No, it reads with 1/8 C precision. The accuracy is claimed as +/-0.5C after calibration. (see page 6 of data sheet)

Re: [Owfs-developers] How do we access CVS?

2009-03-12 Thread njh
or git? njh On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Gregg C Levine wrote: Hello! Paul, how difficult is it to setup an SVN storage arrangement? The point being, what happens if we need to setup a whole new revision control service storage setup? For me I can either pull something from SVN far easier then from

Re: [Owfs-developers] Current sensors

2009-03-03 Thread njh
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, William Brown wrote: > Can you provide a link? I too am interested. http://www.google.com/search?q=hall+effect+current+sensor The allegro units are good. njh -- Open Source Business Confere

Re: [Owfs-developers] Current sensors

2009-03-02 Thread njh
The hall effect based ones are safer for large currents (such as in a PV system) because they are isolated. You have to be careful with shunts to avoid ground loops. njh On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, William Brown wrote: > If you can't find exactly what you need try a shunt with a hobby board

Re: [Owfs-developers] Interesting Device

2009-02-25 Thread njh
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, Paul Alfille wrote: > I don't know of any ports, yet, but it looks very enticing. > > There is a writeup on Linux Devices as well.: > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html

Re: [Owfs-developers] max owfs polling time

2008-12-31 Thread njh
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Jaap Struyk wrote: > That sounds quite good, I will give that a try later this year when I Hehe, better hurry up! njh -- ___ Owfs-developers mailing l

Re: [Owfs-developers] Netbook as OWFS server

2008-11-18 Thread njh
in one solar (PV) controller the flash card died from the heat. > Anyway it was at least the price of the thing from Acer, (US prices not your > AUD amount Robert.) that through the on the idea. Until your > suggestion NJH I decided to some how create my own design admittedly > surr

Re: [Owfs-developers] Netbook as OWFS server

2008-11-18 Thread njh
I use JrSXs, at $90 from http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrsx/index.html they use 2W, use any 5V supply, have serial and USB ports and run linux off a compact flash card trivially. They have ethernet and svga. njh On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Mr Robert Conway wrote: > Was recently looking at

Re: [Owfs-developers] control voltage on 110v ac circuit

2008-11-10 Thread njh
fect as a variable speed pump by just having a reservoir at the top with a V-shaped outlet, and modulate the pump at a frequency higher than the empty rate. A digital water level meter makes this easy to implement. njh On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Mike Zimmerman wrote: > looking for what 1-wire har

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1 Wire Switch & Solid State Relay

2008-11-05 Thread njh
he load is 10A * 24V (240W) you'll be dissipating 120W * 2ms = 0.5J. This should be fine with a reasonable heatsink, at the speeds you can drive 1-wire. (If you take this route, your power supply needs to be able to float with the 1-wire ground, off the shelf double insulated switchmo

Re: [Owfs-developers] Thoughs on a temp sensor based liquid level monitor?

2008-10-08 Thread njh
nd feed it to a 1w adc, you might also be able to use the dual counter module to replace the pic. You might want to shield the sensor from any platypuses or eels to prevent the sense signal from upsetting them. njh On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Ziggy wrote: > A little late to the party here, b

Re: [Owfs-developers] Thoughs on a temp sensor based liquid level monitor?

2008-09-21 Thread njh
unch of tested designs here: http://njhurst.com/electronics/watersensor/new/ njh - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK &am

Re: [Owfs-developers] Problems with AAG TAI8558/DS2408 and DS9097U

2008-02-18 Thread njh
t; checking them is Not Necessary. > > On the plus side, even if it now proves to be incorrect, it's a godo > thing to have (mis)learned. ;-) One question is why the system wasn't designed around standard cables in the first place - perhaps even cat5/rj45.

Re: [Owfs-developers] DS2409 going away?

2007-11-13 Thread njh
s of > devices. DS2482 works for me. njh - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Downlo

Re: [Owfs-developers] Problem with T-type thermocouple conversions

2007-11-07 Thread njh
lly, they are exactly the same - the second is just evaluated with horner's scheme, which is faster and more numerically stable. In your example a0=c3, a1=c2, a2=c1 a3=c0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horner_scheme njh - This

Re: [Owfs-developers] AAG wind vane

2007-11-05 Thread njh
tion here in NY. I would run a separate power up, make sure the supply is floating - don't form a loop in the power and signal grounds. You can fairly easy dumpster dive for 5V small output switchmodes in the 10W range. You can test the usefulness of the idea with a 5V battery supply u

Re: [Owfs-developers] Hardware question: DS2438

2007-10-17 Thread njh
. No idea, but I just used some LEDs as minisolar panels and a resistor to make it a current source. The current from an LED is very nearly proportional to the number of photons. njh - This SF.net email is sponsored by:

Re: [Owfs-developers] Writing to DS2406

2007-10-01 Thread njh
This is an obvious thing, but have you tried putting a capacitor right on the power supply leads to the chip? 0.1uF bypassing cap should do the trick I think? njh On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Jim Kusznir wrote: I got an EE to bring over an OScope, and we may have found out some more info. First

Re: [Owfs-developers] MIPS vs MIPSEL in OWFS

2007-09-15 Thread njh
converters in the past, never could work out why :( njh - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070

Re: [Owfs-developers] MIPS vs MIPSEL in OWFS

2007-09-15 Thread njh
You can of course get them as samples directly from maxim-ic.com. If they're experienced enough to solder up a Max232 with its various tantalum caps, soldering a DS2450 is going to be a doddle. Then there is the i2c m

Re: [Owfs-developers] MIPS vs MIPSEL in OWFS

2007-09-15 Thread njh
ed a DS2480 directly you can connect to TTL level signals avoiding two max232 type level shifters. The DS2480 has a polarity select pin which allows you to ensure the phase is correct. http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_p

Re: [Owfs-developers] Visualising the data

2007-08-12 Thread njh
You want SVG and javascript: http://www.browserland.org/scripts/svgclock/ (And possibly xmlrpchttp or whatever it's called this week) That's the standards compliant way to do it :) njh - This SF.net email is sp

Re: [Owfs-developers] Measure moisture in woodchip

2007-08-10 Thread njh
given a reasonable dwell time and a reasonable flow rate the moisture level in the wood and the air should be strongly connected. There will be a temperature dependence. njh - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splun

Re: [Owfs-developers] Fwd: Faster-than-cron polling ideas?

2007-05-19 Thread njh
with an endless loop, poll, sleep a second, poll ... > Other tasks will run during the sleeping automatically. If you want to watch a bunch files that you are adding to elsewhere you can use select so that you are woken when

Re: [Owfs-developers] Debian packaging

2007-05-15 Thread njh
On Tue, 15 May 2007, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, > > Quick note: I'm working on Debian packaging for owfs. Could you do ubuntu while you're at it? Otherwise, send me the debian dir and I'll do it. njh -

Re: [Owfs-developers] OWFS on Kamikaze OpenWrt

2007-05-10 Thread njh
gt; OWFS by connecting the DS2480B to the serial port and using > a more traditional approach. As I understand from the > datasheet the DS2480B runs at 5V but it can understand 3.3V > "TTL" serial ports.

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-04-27 Thread njh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, > > njh: >>> # owread -s localhost:4304 /1F.BCC60400/aux/1D.82EA0900/counters.A >>> Data error on /1F.BCC60400/aux/1D.82EA0900/counters.A >>> # >>> >>> What gives? The

Re: [Owfs-developers] Data error reading DS2423 counters

2007-04-27 Thread njh
# > > What gives? The bus is OK -- it's quite short, non-branched, and other > devices work perfectly. Do you have any other counters? Could it be a dud chip? njh - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Expres

Re: [Owfs-developers] attaching microcontrollers to OW

2007-04-21 Thread njh
ut these can be read into owfs just like hubs. njh - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to g

Re: [Owfs-developers] attaching microcontrollers to OW

2007-04-21 Thread njh
errupt to handle data (rather than reading from shared memory as with the 2404) and requires another layer of checksumming. The 2404 based approach was very elegant (although allowing bus mastering would make it the ultimate low cost sensor/actuator networking interface). I don't suppo

Re: [Owfs-developers] owfs exits, no obvious error

2007-04-21 Thread njh
urse it is actually deamonizing itself). njh - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. htt

[Owfs-developers] attaching microcontrollers to OW

2007-04-21 Thread njh
-wire sensors daisychained off it and these sensors could also be read directly from a PC. njh - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XM

Re: [Owfs-developers] owfs exits, no obvious error

2007-04-21 Thread njh
o this bug report: http://www.nabble.com/usb_bulk_write-and-2.6.19-t3352734.html) but I'm fairly sure it's libusb and not fuse. usbview on faulty kernels shows the device as unknown, DS9490 then usbfs on working systems. njh --