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Simple means of showing status of Hackspace stuff on web and physical boards. | Simple means of showing status of Hackspace stuff on web and physical boards. | ||
* NodeMCU (ESP8226) with Arduino core for WiFi-enabled status board | * NodeMCU (ESP8226) with Arduino core for WiFi-enabled status board | ||
* NodeJS server for HTTP access | * NodeJS server for HTTP access | ||
| − | * https://github.com/msemtd/nodemcu-statusboard | + | * a good starter project for the [[NodeMCU_v2]] |
| + | * open source software on GitHub https://github.com/msemtd/nodemcu-statusboard | ||
<gallery widths=400px heights=400px perrow=3 caption="Physical Prototype"> | <gallery widths=400px heights=400px perrow=3 caption="Physical Prototype"> | ||
Revision as of 13:09, 28 March 2016
Simple means of showing status of Hackspace stuff on web and physical boards.
- NodeMCU (ESP8226) with Arduino core for WiFi-enabled status board
- NodeJS server for HTTP access
- a good starter project for the NodeMCU_v2
- open source software on GitHub https://github.com/msemtd/nodemcu-statusboard
- Physical Prototype
First A4 lasercut prototype with 8 bits of data
The driving of the 16 LEDs poses an interesting problem due to the limited number of digital outputs on the NodeMCU: we are looking for a simple low-cost solution so after looking at various ICs to perform the task I decided to throw in another inexpensive micro with plenty of I/O and control it with I2C, serial or similar.
Using a cheap ProMicro for I/O
The NodeMCU can tell the ProMicro what outputs to drive with a simple serial protocol: -
- ASCII for human convenience and same parsing code on both micros
- same interface on both UARTS - USB and HW for simplicity and testing
- The ESP8266-E is not 5v tolerant on the UART so I shall use a voltage divider