Over the winter or 2017/18, I performed a controlled study of what it takes to break PVC due to freezing. PVC piping is often used for pool pumps and lawn watering systems. I’m working on a video that explains the…
Porting to Ubuntu Part 2
My Port from a Windows laptop to Ubuntu has been rock solid. The low power, Netbook that I converted to Ubuntu has been rock steady and comes with the benefit of low power consumption. In addition, I’m using the same…
Porting NodeJS from Windows to Linux
Porting Problem Summary: Getting the right versions of node & serialport installed Uninstalling Node Getting the node.js program to run automatically Getting the program to not shutdown upon disconnect Changing the port designation Changing the code due to node.js version…
IoT project – added robustness trial by fire
Well only a few days after putting my latest version up, the system was tested in a very real way. A large winter thunderstorm moved through New Jersey on Wednesday night. One bolt of lightning made my wife and I…
Internet of Things (IoT) Project-Part 2
(NO Caution) Agile development underway. I’m a big proponent of Agile development and this project is a perfect example. I built the initial version and a few tangential issues came up that were unexpected. In SDLC, this type of thing…
Internet of Things (IoT) Project-Early Results
I’m having a noise problem with 2 of the sensor but here are the other 4 plotted in real time. The bottom line is the outside temperature. The others are in different places around the garage. Early results on the…