Comments on: Controlling lights with TI ez430 chronos, home easy, arduino and processing

By: ez430 Chronos | Lighting | danSelden

ez430 Chronos | Lighting | danSelden — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:15:33 +0000

[...] still needs a bit of cleaning but here it is… tweaked it a bit but need to shout out to chemicaloliver who helped pave the way. Took some time to cut back on noise from each button press… each [...]

By: litris

litris — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:31:43 +0000

Hi, the 868 MHz version has the advantage that it can work with devices that work with the XBee chip TI 868Mhz and besides also the strap to the heart there is no version for the eZ430 of 433 Mhz.

Do not know if it helps.

Greetings from Spain.

By: chemicaloliver

chemicaloliver — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:46:24 +0000

That is pretty cool, I would probably use MQTT for the communication though

By: bl4d3

bl4d3 — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:23:28 +0000

Really nice work, if you have an android device take look on this
http://arduino.cc/blog/2010/09/16/mobile-home-automation-via-android/

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:03:24 +0000

right i understand ya! also (i know this sounds cheeky) what programme do you use to programme the watch? im tryin my hardest and seem to failing (badly…. im new to this)

By: chemicaloliver

chemicaloliver — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:11:25 +0000

I would imagine not, a radio door lock should use an encrypted signal, not a generic one…but never say never.

You could build a system where the watch transmitted to a computer and then computer triggered the door lock via an arduino connected to the original door remote.

By: Lex

Lex — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:23:13 +0000

Hey there, just looking around some of your work and its all good stuff dude! i wanted to know if you think its possible to use the watch as a ‘key’ with the home easy door lock (he-106) if you can that’d be ace! hope to hear from you soon

By: chemicaloliver

chemicaloliver — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:58:11 +0000

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By: Johnie Lundin

Johnie Lundin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:12:22 +0000

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By: agmilmoe

agmilmoe — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:20:34 +0000

The watch is using a fairly new Dash7 protocol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DASH7

Which in the case of this watch, talks to a TI microcontroller which is combined with the RF hardware. It’s a pretty slick system-on-a-chip.

So in theory it should work with any DASH7 chipset, like a CC430 not in a watch… though they are just now coming on the market.

You should be able to go straight from the watch to an other CC430 system-on-a-chip connected to a relay that can handle the amps of your lights, or whatever you want to turn on and off… and for only about $15 or so

No Arduino, no PC, no Processing… (But some coding of the TI microcontroller which I’m hoping is not too gnarly.)

Thanks for the blog post!