I’ve gone back and front using Visual Code. For work and now with platformio. (I’ve been using platformio on the commandline only, until recently.)
While i have some private github/gitlab accounts, I alway had some local git repositories. Using in the past GiTea, and a ssh based one.
Below: This own hosted SSH setup allows me to use Visual Code to use as git repository
========== On you ssh server
adduser git
su - git
mkdir .ssh && chmod 700 .ssh
touch .ssh/authorized_keys && chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys
chsh git -s $(which git-shell)
# Note .. there is no interactive shell!
== locate git-shell-commands
locate git-shell-commands
cp -r /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/git-shell-commands /home/git/
chmod +x /home/git/git-shell-commands/*
== Make sure git-shell is in /etc/shells
== Make a git repo destination
mkdir -p /mygitstuff/git
cd /mygitstuff/git
mkdir project.git
cd project.git
git init --bare
========== On your workstation
== copy ssh public key in .ssh/authorized_keys on the server
cd myproject
git init
git add .
git commit -m 'Initial commit'
git remote add origin git@gitserver:/mygitstuff/git/project.git
git push origin master
Make an initial cell the current cell
mark it as visited
While there are unvisited cells
If the current cell has any neighbours
which have not been visited
Choose randomly one of the unvisited neighbours
Push the current cell to the stack
Mark wall hole
Make the chosen cell the current cell
mark it as visited
Else if stack is not empty
Pop a cell from the stack
Make it the current cell
This is my implementation of backtracking
The displaymatrix function is a implementation of different led mappings
Still have to decide where to place endpoint … At 8,8 or at first stack pop? Maybe both?
Code
#include <WEMOS_Matrix_LED.h>
#include <StackArray.h>
int directions[4]{};
int notalldone = 1;
int tmpx=0;
int tmpy=0;
int x = 1;
int y = 1;
MLED mled(5); //set intensity=5
int maze[8][8] = {
};
int displaymatrix[8][8] = {
{ 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 },
{ 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 },
{16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23},
{24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31},
{32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39},
{40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47},
{48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55},
{56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63}
};
int visitmatrix[10][10] = {
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
};
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
randomSeed(analogRead(0));
mazegen();
drawmaze();
}
void mazegen(){
visitmatrix[x][y]=1;
StackArray <int> rowStack;
StackArray <int> colStack;
rowStack.push(x);
colStack.push(y);
while(notalldone == 1){
visitmatrix[x][y]=1;
while(!rowStack.isEmpty()) {
int count=0;
//up
if ( visitmatrix[x-1][y] == 0 ){
directions[count]=1;
count++;
}
//right
if ( visitmatrix[x][y+1] == 0 ){
directions[count]=2;
count++;
}
//down
if ( visitmatrix[x+1][y] == 0 ){
directions[count]=4;
count++;
}
//left
if ( visitmatrix[x][y-1] == 0 ){
directions[count]=8;
count++;
}
// no dir found
if (count == 0 ) {
mled.dot(x-1,y-1);
mled.display();
x = rowStack.pop();
y = colStack.pop();
Serial.println("popping ");
} else {
// count random direction
int dir = directions[random(count)];
Serial.println("push ");
rowStack.push(x);
colStack.push(y);
Serial.print("nr dir : ");
Serial.println(count);
//delay(100);
Serial.println(dir);
// move 1,1 to 0,0
mled.dot(x-1,y-1);
mled.display();
// set direction in maze, dit moet bit set worden
int mybits = maze[x-1][y-1];
int storedir = mybits | dir;
maze[x-1][y-1] = storedir;
if ( dir == 1){
int getup = maze[x-2][y-1];
int storedir = getup | 4;
maze[x-2][y-1] = storedir;
}
if ( dir == 2){
int getup = maze[x-1][y];
int storedir = getup | 8;
maze[x-1][y] = storedir;
}
if ( dir == 4){
int getup = maze[x][y-1];
int storedir = getup | 1;
maze[x][y-1] = storedir;
}
if ( dir == 8){
int getup = maze[x-1][y-2];
int storedir = getup | 2;
maze[x-1][y-2] = storedir;
}
// maze[x-1][y-1] = dir;
//set new square
if (dir == 1){ x--; }
if (dir == 2){ y++; }
if (dir == 4){ x++; }
if (dir == 8){ y--; }
visitmatrix[x][y]=1;
drawmaze();
}
}
notalldone = 0; //#2
// if found 0 in 10x10 matrix visited, do
for(int checkx=0;checkx<10;checkx++){
for(int checky=0;checky<10;checky++){
if ( visitmatrix[checkx][checky] == 0 ){
tmpx=x;
tmpy=y;
notalldone = 1;
}
}
}
}
rowStack.push(tmpx);
colStack.push(tmpy);
}
void drawmaze(){
Serial.println("Generating done - Drawing");
for(int ledx=0;ledx<8;ledx++)
{
for(int ledy=0;ledy<8;ledy++){
Serial.print(maze[ledx][ledy]);
if ( maze[ledx][ledy] != 0 ) {
mled.dot(ledx,ledy); // draw dot
mled.display();
// delay(50);
}
}
Serial.println("");
}
Serial.println("");
delay(100);
}
void loop() {
}
I just took a 12mm x 60mm piece of wood, and made a slit for the acrylic plastic using a circular saw, and removed a part for the back-plate using a wood router. I found a piece of acrylic in my shed, cut it to the right size using the circular saw. Slapped some paint on the wood.
I want to be able to use the sdk whenever i want, so i made a sliding window thingy. ( With wooden handle so the frame looks intact when closed. )
Then I 3D printed some holders, which I designed using Openscad.
The codes are entered using a keypad (Arduino) and send via MQTT
Node Red Dash board
Code
var code = global.get("mysetcode");
var good = 0;
var wrong = 0;
var wrongplace = 0;
var match = false;
var wrongchars = 0;
var wrongplaced = 0;
var goodchars = 0;
var payloadcode = msg.payload.toString();
var usr_input = Array.from(payloadcode);
var secret_code = Array.from(code);
var secret_code1 = secret_code;
if (msg.payload === code) {
match = true;
}
var result = "";
for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
var found = false;
if (usr_input[i] === secret_code[i]) {
usr_input[i] = "a";
secret_code[i] = "b";
good = good + 1;
}
}
for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
var found = false;
for (var j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
if (usr_input[i] === secret_code[j]) {
found = true;
}
}
if (!found) {
wrong = wrong + 1;
}
}
wrongchars = wrong - good;
wrongplaced = 4 - good - wrongchars;
msg.goodchars = good;
msg.wrongchars = wrongchars;
msg.wrongplace = wrongplaced;
msg.result = result;
msg.match = match;
return msg;
elcome to Crack the Code!
The code has 4 digits. Each digit is between 0 and 9.
You have 10 tries to guess the code.
After each guess, you will be told how many digits you got correct and how many were misplaced.
Good luck!
Enter your guess: 1234
Guess 1: 1234 - 0 correct, 0 misplaced
Enter your guess: 5678
Guess 2: 5678 - 2 correct, 1 misplaced
Enter your guess: 5689
Guess 3: 5689 - 1 correct, 2 misplaced
Enter your guess: 9688
Guess 4: 9688 - 1 correct, 2 misplaced
....
Sorry, you did not crack the code. The code was 5568.
Generated python code
import random
def generate_code():
code = ""
for i in range(4):
code += str(random.randint(0, 9))
return code
def check_guess(code, guess):
correct_digits = 0
misplaced_digits = 0
for i in range(4):
if guess[i] == code[i]:
correct_digits += 1
elif guess[i] in code:
misplaced_digits += 1
return (correct_digits, misplaced_digits)
def play_game():
print("Welcome to Crack the Code!")
print("The code has 4 digits. Each digit is between 0 and 9.")
print("You have 10 tries to guess the code.")
print("After each guess, you will be told how many digits you got correct and how many were misplaced.")
print("Good luck!")
code = generate_code()
num_guesses = 0
while num_guesses < 10:
guess = input("Enter your guess: ")
if len(guess) != 4 or not guess.isdigit():
print("Invalid input. Please enter a 4-digit number.")
continue
num_guesses += 1
correct, misplaced = check_guess(code, guess)
print(f"Guess {num_guesses}: {guess} - {correct} correct, {misplaced} misplaced")
if correct == 4:
print("Congratulations! You cracked the code!")
return
print(f"Sorry, you did not crack the code. The code was {code}.")
play_game()
After this i let the AI made some changes, which kinda worked. Scary nevertheless
I’ve build a IR Blaster in the past and tested IR with EspEasy Dev. I’m not happy with my Harmony Hub. Not so much control as i like to have.
So now OpenMqttGateway with IR.
Wemos D1 with IR shieldIR Signal (visible using mobile phone)
I’ve installed platformio in the past. Not really a fan of visual-code i’m showing you the process on CLI
We can’t use the webinstaller or a precompiled binary because we need to change GPIO ports
wget https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/releases/download/v1.5.0/nodemcuv2-ir-libraries.zip
wget https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.0.tar.gz
tar xzvf v1.5.0.tar.gz
cd v1.5.0/libs
unzip ../../nodemcuv2-ir-libraries.zip
cd ..
edit platformio.ini
remove ; from
default_envs = nodemcuv2-ir
vi main/config_IR.h
search for LOLIN, edit and change into 0 (GPIO 0 = D3)
build and upload
pio run --target upload --upload-port /dev/ttyUSB0
build and upload with flash erase
pio run --target erase --target upload --upload-port /dev/ttyUSB0
clean the environment when needed
pio run -t clean
Now you will get a Access Point, connect and enter your Wifi network information and mqtt server.
When connected you will see the IR codes and if you installed mqtt support in home assistant it will see the mqtt topics.
I’ve copied a json output as was send by my IR remote. Below an example using mosquitto_pub to send codes.
Why use platformio? I know Arduino IDE is easier for starters. Platformio is far more flexible, you can make projects with their own versions of libraries. I like CLI, easier to do version control (git)
While working on my game, i had to come up with some solutions i could not find an answer for on the internet.
I’m not going to post every little detail of my game on this blog, my main reason is sharing my experiences and solutions.
16 SWITCHES
16 Switches on a Wemos Arduino. While push buttons are easier to connect, I needed ON/OFF switches. Push buttons are easy, there is only one active, so 4 enable lines and 4 scan lines and you’re golden. 16 Switches can be enabled all at the same time. So you need some extra components to get a good result (0-65535)
Above schematic works, you need 4x 1k Pull-up resistors and 16 diodes. I used 1N4007
CONTROLLING 24V using Arduino and a buck convertor
Next problem, i’m using some elevator buttons for a project. These have build-in leds but run at 24V. I only have 5V from the Arduino. Regular leds you can connect directly to the Arduino using a 220ohm resistor. So i used a Buck-Step-Up-Convertor. This little module converts 5V to 24V. (You can control the output voltage using a variable resistor) To control the lamp/leds i used a PN2222a transistor to switch the lights on/off using a pin of the Arduino.
Created a virtual machine with Ghostpath VPN. I can re-direct other machines in my network to use this gateway.
Next to do: Filter HTTP headers/cookies and implement proxychains.
My webscrapers, Transmission and Sabnzb are configured to use this VPN gateway. I stopped using docker instances for this, to much hassle to keep these images working.
"If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing."