Arduino Collection

A collection of Arduino projects. Many related to X10 home automation but others are based on current projects. The goal for X10 stuff is to open it up so that the hobbyist can expand X10 capabilities beyond the limitations of the commercial software that is currently available.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Controlling X10 with Alexa

I thought it would be fun to control the X10 modules in my house with an Echo Dot . I am unapologetic about using this 1980's tech...

Thursday, March 2, 2017

MPPT Solar Charger - Introduction

Please note: This project is probably 90% completed. The remainder was giving me hell, but I'm back at it. Currently it should only be c...

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Solar Swiss Army Knife

Over the past month or so I built an ESP-8266 based "Solar Swiss Army Knife". It's primary purpose is to measure t...

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Network Control of X10 - take 2

I posted an earlier version of this , but it was based on the Atmega328 and an Ethernet module. This version is based on the ESP8266 w...

Friday, January 30, 2015

Life Clock - Redo

Add caption I created the Life Clock in 2008. Originally it was a "3 board stack" with one being ATmega, RTC, and EEPR...

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Network Control of X10

I really love remote control! This project allows you to control your X10 devices from any web browser. The Arduino is used as a ...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Solar Powered Wireless Radiation Monitor

Like the Geiger Kit in the previous post, this project is going to get too big to properly handle in a blog format. So it'...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Geiger Counter Kit - Part 3

Please visit this web site if you want to purchase or learn more about the Geiger kit I am offering. [Edit 10/04/24] The kit ...

Monday, February 14, 2011

Accelerometer & Compass

No, it's not a B/W TV from the 50's. However Felix the Cat was one of the very first images transmitted to a TV screen...

Saturday, January 22, 2011

X10 Remote Temperature - Redo

I became interested in the ATtiny85 processor recently. Up till now, my projects were based on the ATmega328 or the ATmega644. The AT...

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Receiving X10 RF Transmissions (Updated 11/21/10)

For me, at least, this was the last piece of the open hardware X10 puzzle. In this blog you'll find open hardware projects that re...

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Geiger Counter - Part 2 (complete)

[Edit 10/04/24] The kit associated with this project is no longer available. This post describes how I went about integrating the ci...

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