Here is a web site (http://www.1wireprojects.net) that uses the CGU4x1 USB devices to control home automation using 1-wire devices. The USB interfaces can communicate with 1-wire devices and forms the basis for home automation through some custom-made 1-wire interface modules. Welcome to my 1-Wire Project web site. I created this site to discuss and help [...]
An Instructables published a week or so ago: If you have ever wanted to control electronic devices from your computer to control or regulate your environment, this instructable will guide you. In this example of computer control, a USB relay device (USBmicro http://www.usbmicro.com – U451) will control two 60 watt light bulbs from a PC [...]
The On-line Development Notebook (ODN) at USBmicro has been updated to include information on the U451 USB relay board, as well as the new commands for interfacing to 2-wire (I2C) devices. Visit USBmicro, or download the entire ODN in PDF format.
On the Liberty BASIC Community Forum was a posting asking: Has anyone used LB to interface to USBmicro I/O modules see http://usbmicro.com/ RobotBasic & VB provide this functionality The moderator “Rod” replied: If I take the short VB example listed on the web page it would convert like this. ‘open the .dll Open “USBm.dll” for [...]
Guest blog by Samuel Mishal Hi All, One of the very exciting new facilities in RobotBASIC V4.0.0 is the support for USBmicro’s U4x1 family of USB devices that provide the ability to do digital I/O with a PC and lots more! See this guide: http://www.robotbasic.org/resources/RobotBASIC_USBmicro_U4x1.pdf
Guest Blog by Harry What do you think about when you hear the words “home automation”? I’m guessing you probably think about lighting control. Perhaps you think about temperature control. Or perhaps you think about your every need being automatically tended so all you have to do is stare at the T.V., munch on some [...]
Guest Blog by Harry I know this site is mostly dedicated to electronics hardware, and while I do have a long time interest in electronics, I’m a complete newbie when it comes to that. But I’ve been finding my way around the bits and bytes for far longer than I care to admit…since I really [...]
Hello Make, Lifehacker, Gizmodo and all of the other blogs that have made contact. Welcome to CircuitGizmos! Come on in and have a big cup of coffee. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions! =Gizmo=
For the people that have emailed and asked for a copy of the version of RobotBASIC that I’ve been using for testing, there is now a pre-release beta version that Sam is allowing me to post. Downloadable from here: RobotBASIC beta version This is a beta version of the program released so that people that [...]
The “mightyOhm” blog posts a solution to a problem that plagues a lot of people. When you hose up the fuse settings on an AVR, what can you do to fix the problem? Put the AVR into high-voltage programming mode to fix it, that’s what! Very clever use of an AVR to fix an AVR… [...]
