Quick mash-up as proof of concept.
400 frames
Let measure the level of beer in a metal tank .. 🙂
Quick mash-up as proof of concept.
400 frames
Let measure the level of beer in a metal tank .. 🙂
Install and start Thonny.
Tools > Options > Interpreter
Python test code (1 second blink)
Note: for the normal pico without Wi-Fi, it is GP25 instead of LED.
from machine import Pin import utime led_onboard = Pin('LED', Pin.OUT) while True: led_onboard.on() utime.sleep(1) led_onboard.off() utime.sleep(1)
Run at boottime?
File > save as:
Select device and name the python script main.py
Point the sensor at yourself when behind your computer.
When you leave your computer for some seconds, it wil automatically lock your screen. (Windows-L keypress)
The RP2040 is configured as HID so it emulates a keyboard.
Just connect via an usb-cable to your machine
Arduino Code
File > Preferences > Additional Board URLS
https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/global/package_rp2040_index.json
Change USB Stack!
Download and install Adafruit_TinyUSB.zip
#include "Adafruit_TinyUSB.h" // defines pins numbers const int trigPin = D4; const int echoPin = D5; // defines variables long duration; int distance; int maxcounter; uint8_t const desc_hid_report[] = { TUD_HID_REPORT_DESC_KEYBOARD() }; // D0-D3 NOT USED AT THE MOMENT, I'VE GOT IDEAS FOR EXTRA FUNCTIONALLITY! // USB HID object. For ESP32 these values cannot be changed after this declaration // desc report, desc len, protocol, interval, use out endpoint Adafruit_USBD_HID usb_hid(desc_hid_report, sizeof(desc_hid_report), HID_ITF_PROTOCOL_KEYBOARD, 2, false); //------------- Input Pins -------------// // Array of pins and its keycode. uint8_t pins[] = { D0, D1, D2, D3 }; // number of pins uint8_t pincount = sizeof(pins)/sizeof(pins[0]); // For keycode definition check out https://github.com/hathach/tinyusb/blob/master/src/class/hid/hid.h uint8_t hidcode[] = { HID_KEY_0, HID_KEY_1, HID_KEY_2, HID_KEY_3 , HID_KEY_4, HID_KEY_5 }; #if defined(ARDUINO_SAMD_CIRCUITPLAYGROUND_EXPRESS) || defined(ARDUINO_NRF52840_CIRCUITPLAY) || defined(ARDUINO_FUNHOUSE_ESP32S2) bool activeState = true; #else bool activeState = false; #endif void setup() { // Setting pins for Ultrasonic Sensor HC-SR04 pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); // Sets the trigPin as an Output pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); // Sets the echoPin as an Input #if defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_MBED) && defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_RP2040) // Manual begin() is required on core without built-in support for TinyUSB such as mbed rp2040 TinyUSB_Device_Init(0); #endif // Set up output report (on control endpoint) for Capslock indicator // Not used .. yet usb_hid.setReportCallback(NULL, hid_report_callback); usb_hid.begin(); // overwrite input pin with PIN_BUTTONx // NOT USED #ifdef PIN_BUTTON1 pins[0] = PIN_BUTTON1; #endif #ifdef PIN_BUTTON2 pins[1] = PIN_BUTTON2; #endif #ifdef PIN_BUTTON3 pins[2] = PIN_BUTTON3; #endif #ifdef PIN_BUTTON4 pins[3] = PIN_BUTTON4; #endif // Set up pin as input for (uint8_t i=0; i<pincount; i++) { pinMode(pins[i], activeState ? INPUT_PULLDOWN : INPUT_PULLUP); } // wait until device mounted while( !TinyUSBDevice.mounted() ) delay(1); maxcounter =0; } void loop() { // Clears the trigPin digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); delayMicroseconds(2); // Sets the trigPin on HIGH state for 10 micro seconds digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); delayMicroseconds(10); digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); // Reads the echoPin, returns the sound wave travel time in microseconds duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); // Calculating the distance distance = duration * 0.034 / 2; // Prints the distance on the Serial Monitor - DEBUG //Serial.print("Distance: "); //Serial.println(distance); // Below will wait for more than 100 measurements with a distance of 100 // Then it will send a WINDOWS-L (lock) keyboard combination if (distance > 100) { maxcounter +=1; } else { maxcounter = 0; } if (maxcounter > 100 && maxcounter < 150) { maxcounter = 200; // Send report if there is key pressed uint8_t const report_id = 0; uint8_t modifier = KEYBOARD_MODIFIER_LEFTGUI; uint8_t keycode[6] = { 0 }; keycode[0] = HID_KEY_L; usb_hid.keyboardReport(report_id, modifier, keycode); delay(10); // Un-press keys :) usb_hid.keyboardRelease(0); } // poll gpio once each 2 ms delay(20); // used to avoid send multiple consecutive zero report for keyboard static bool keyPressedPreviously = false; uint8_t count=0; uint8_t keycode[6] = { 0 }; // scan normal key and send report for(uint8_t i=0; i < pincount; i++) { if ( activeState == digitalRead(pins[i]) ) { // if pin is active (low), add its hid code to key report keycode[count++] = hidcode[i]; // 6 is max keycode per report if (count == 6) break; } } if ( TinyUSBDevice.suspended() && count ) { // Wake up host if we are in suspend mode // and REMOTE_WAKEUP feature is enabled by host TinyUSBDevice.remoteWakeup(); } // skip if hid is not ready e.g still transferring previous report if ( !usb_hid.ready() ) return; if ( count ) { // Send report if there is key pressed uint8_t const report_id = 0; uint8_t const modifier = 0; keyPressedPreviously = true; usb_hid.keyboardReport(report_id, modifier, keycode); }else { // Send All-zero report to indicate there is no keys pressed // Most of the time, it is, though we don't need to send zero report // every loop(), only a key is pressed in previous loop() if ( keyPressedPreviously ) { keyPressedPreviously = false; usb_hid.keyboardRelease(0); } } } // Output report callback for LED indicator such as Caplocks void hid_report_callback(uint8_t report_id, hid_report_type_t report_type, uint8_t const* buffer, uint16_t bufsize) { (void) report_id; (void) bufsize; }
Arduino Uno with Husky Lens using I2C
The HuskyLens is an easy-to-use AI machine vision sensor. It is equipped with multiple functions such as:
Via the UART / I2C port you can among others: boards connect:
Steps to take: Press Face detection, when a cross in a square is displayed, press the button on your HuskyLens
Set your husky protocol to I2C in the settings.
Minimal Code needed
/*************************************************** HUSKYLENS An Easy-to-use AI Machine Vision Sensor <https://www.dfrobot.com/product-1922.html> ****************************************************/ #include "HUSKYLENS.h" HUSKYLENS huskylens; //HUSKYLENS green line >> SDA; blue line >> SCL int ID0 = 0; //not learned results. Grey result on HUSKYLENS screen int ID1 = 1; //first learned results. colored result on HUSKYLENS screen int ID2 = 2; //second learned results. colored result on HUSKYLENS screen // and so on..... int arjprevious = 0; void printResult(HUSKYLENSResult result); void setup() { Serial.begin(115200); Wire.begin(); while (!huskylens.begin(Wire)) { Serial.println(F("Begin failed!")); Serial.println(F("1.Please recheck the \"Protocol Type\" in HUSKYLENS (General Settings>>Protocol Type>>I2C)")); Serial.println(F("2.Please recheck the connection.")); delay(100); } huskylens.writeAlgorithm(ALGORITHM_FACE_RECOGNITION); } void loop() { if (huskylens.requestLearned()) //request blocks and arrows tangged ID != 0 from HUSKYLENS if (huskylens.requestBlocksLearned()) //request blocks tangged ID != ID0 from HUSKYLENS { for (int i = 0; i < huskylens.countArrows(ID0); i++) { HUSKYLENSResult result = huskylens.getArrow(ID0, i); } int arj = huskylens.count(ID1); if ( arj != arjprevious ) { if ( arj == 1 ) { Serial.println("Learned face detected"); } else { Serial.println("Learned face not detected"); } arjprevious = arj; } } else { Serial.println("Fail to request objects from Huskylens!"); } }
Learned face detected ID1 Learned face not detected Learned face detected ID1 Learned face not detected Learned face detected ID1 Learned face not detected
I was working on a RP2040 HID project, but I needed some components I didn’t have … right now .. again ..
So I made something else ..
A tiny animator for stop motion animations using my webcam, python and OpenCV.
For claymotion or lego or whatever.
The program displays your webcam with the previous snapshot overlayed, so you can position everything relative to your previous snapshot.
Press B to take a frame.
CODE (short but you need OpenCV)
import cv2 from datetime import datetime # black is just a start empty image .. img=cv2.imread("black.png"); cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) while True: ret,vid=cap.read() dim = (800,600) img1 = cv2.resize(img, dim, interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA) vid1 = cv2.resize(vid, dim, interpolation = cv2.INTER_AREA) result=cv2.addWeighted(img1,0.5,vid1,0.5,0) cv2.imshow('overlay', result) if(cv2.waitKey(10) & 0xFF == ord('b')): now = datetime.now() current_time = now.strftime("%d_%m_%Y_%H_%M_%S") filename = '%s.png' % current_time if not cv2.imwrite(filename, vid1): raise Exception("Could not write image") img=cv2.imread(filename);
Pressing B fills your directory with PNG’s
like 24_10_2023_00_01_01.png (date formatted)
convert to GIF
convert -delay 10 -loop 0 24*.png animation.gif
In 2021 I made a MQTT notification Flag using a Servo and python code and webhooks to get notifications.
Webhook was used for Mattermost.
Now i’ve changed the notification flag for Email using Thunderbird.
Just connect the wemos to a USB on your computer, no mqtt/wifi needed. (On the road solution)
Steps:
Install FiltaQuilla Add-on in thunderbird
select run program in config.
Next create a filter
Create two bash files (i’ve got mine in ~/bin/ )
Change ttyUSB0 if needed
:::::::::::::: flagoff.sh :::::::::::::: #!/bin/bash stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 ispeed 9600 ospeed 9600 -ignpar cs8 -cstopb -echo echo 0 > /dev/ttyUSB0 :::::::::::::: flagon.sh :::::::::::::: #!/bin/bash stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 ispeed 9600 ospeed 9600 -ignpar cs8 -cstopb -echo echo 1 > /dev/ttyUSB0
Install YAD and a autostart icon to make the systemtray to pull the flag down.
henri@zspot:~$ cat .config/autostart/servoflag.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Version=1.0.0 Name=flag-off Comment= Icon= Exec=yad --notification --image="gtk-execute" --command="bash /home/henri/bin/flagoff.sh" --image="mail-app" Terminal=false
Arduino Code
#include <Servo.h> Servo flag; char val; void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); flag.attach(D5); } void loop () { val = Serial.read(); if (val == '0') { flag.write(180); } if (val == '1') { flag.write(0); } }
Besides sending notifications and controlling my tv using bash, Nodered and HomeAssistant, i wanted to look at developing and homebrew for WebOS.
Goto the WebOS Dev website and register.
Install Developer App on your TV.
Login and write down your access information.
Below how to access you tv using ssh
wget http://IP_FROM_YOUR_TV:9991/webos_rsa mv webos_rsa .ssh/ chmod 600 .ssh/webos_rsa ssh -i .ssh/webos_rsa prisoner@10.1.0.14 -p9922 -T Enter passphrase for key '.ssh/webos_rsa': Enter the key mentioned on the Developer App Screen on your TV Note the -T .. this disables pseudo terminals, You won't see a prompt, but commands work You can remove passphrases on ssh keys using below ssh-keygen -p -f .ssh/webos_rsa Enter old passphrase: Enter new passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved with the new passphrase.
Download WebOS manager from here:
https://github.com/webosbrew/dev-manager-desktop/releases/tag/v1.11.18
Install and use same ip/access key info to install homebrew
After that you can install homebrew apps using the App on your TV or via above dev-manager.
Also nice .. A ad-free version of Youtube!
By the way, I tried rootmy.tv .. but that didn’t work for me.
My TV was already patched for that exploit
This is NOT a post about the pi-hole project. Of which I apparantly never posted my setup.
I needed an extra PI for a project, and I always try to keep one spare.
But they are always gone, in use, missing .. whatever.
So I can´t work on this project right now, so lets rant about disappearing stuff
Like they are being sucked up in another dimension .. gone. WHERE ARE THEY?!?
How to keep track of them?
Any suggestions?
I used to have a sheet, but I often forget to keep track.
Do I use a MAC address scan on my switches?
First 3 parts of the Mac address are vendor specific.
So far i’ve found : Octopi, Beerbrew computer, Retro Arcade, Picore, Nodered, Domoticz 433toMqtt, Ledserver, Lasercutter-etch-a-sketch, mobile LMS music server, Pressure Lab AP, Escape Game AP (3 of them), one unused Raspberry zero (without Wifi), One at my old work, one broke, Kodi+Netflix,Ansible project, found another one .. Jumanji/Dashticz/NoderedDashboard demo (with screen)
WHERE THE F are the rest of them?
(Sdcards with temporary projects on them 29, I need to combine project on those cards. I’ve got a 64Gb card holding a Rpi OS and only a 1K python script!)
And Arduino’s are even worse … they are all over the place.
Those are probably 100+
(ESP32, 8266, Nano’s, Mega, M5Stack and alikes)
I know i have many temporary projects, but I keep most things organized in my projects containers.
One of the rows with Ikea containers, a few for bigger projects and now i’m using the plastic boxes you get when you order chinese or thai.
Something from my old archive.
Colleage’s used to like the method.
source with color escape code applied
32=green 31=red and 97=white
echo -e "\e[0;32m '.::///+:/-. --///+//-:'' " echo -e "\e[0;32m '+oooooooooooo: '+oooooooooooo: " echo -e "\e[0;32m /oooo++//ooooo: ooooo+//+ooooo. " echo -e "\e[0;32m '+ooooooo:-:oo- +o+::/ooooooo: " echo -e "\e[0;32m ':oooooooo+'' '.oooooooo+- " echo -e "\e[0;32m ':++ooo/. :+ooo+/.' " echo -e "\e[0;31m ...' '.----.' ''.. " echo -e "\e[0;31m .::::-'':::::::::.'-:::-' \e[0;97m www.henriaanstoot.nl" echo -e "\e[0;31m -:::-' .:::::::-' '-:::- \e[0;97m Test logo" echo -e "\e[0;31m '::. '.--.' '' '.---.''.::' " echo -e "\e[0;31m .::::::::' -::::::::' ' " echo -e "\e[0;31m .::' .:::::::::- '::::::::::''::. " echo -e "\e[0;31m -:::' ::::::::::. ::::::::::.':::- " echo -e "\e[0;31m :::: -::::::::. '-:::::::: :::: " echo -e "\e[0;31m -::- .-:::-.''....''.-::-. -::- " echo -e "\e[0;31m .. '' .::::::::. '..'.. " echo -e "\e[0;31m -:::-' -::::::::::' .:::::' " echo -e "\e[0;31m :::::::' -::::::::::' :::::::. " echo -e "\e[0;31m .::::::: -::::::::. :::::::: " echo -e "\e[0;31m '-:::::' ..--.' ::::::. " echo -e "\e[0;31m '...' '...--..' '...' " echo -e "\e[0;31m .:::::::::: " echo -e "\e[0;31m '.-::::-' "
Obfuscate the logo to a file (1 time only)
cat source | base64 - -w0 1> ~/bin/logo.ob Writes file (safe to copy paste/transfer) with: 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
Create an alias with the logo
alias logo=$(cat ~/bin/logo.ob | base64 -d )
executing logo will produce the logo
I’m always looking for new better ways to document stuff.
I’ve tested a lot, some things i’ve used personally for years.
Same or other tools I implemented also at Customers.
Everybody starts off with text files.
Then I used Hyper when I was using MS-Dos.
Many wiki’s came, and went.
I tried to document in wordpress, but that’s not suitable.
I still got stuff in Nextcloud, Google Drive and Joplin. These are only for fast access to unstructured information.
I don’t like Wysiwig that much, also I like to use OpenSource and Open standards.
So discovering a knowledge base engine like Bookstack is always nice.
I installed a docker version in my Lab to experiment with.
So far so good.
Markup Language, and export to PDF, Markup, Html and Contained webfile.
I’ve changed the docker-compose.yml because I’ve got my dedicated Database server for that:
--- version: "2" services: bookstack: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/bookstack container_name: bookstack environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - APP_URL=http://bookstack.henriaanstoot.nl:6875/ - DB_HOST=IPDATABASESERVER - DB_PORT=3306 - DB_USER=bookstackuser - DB_PASS=bookstackpassword - DB_DATABASE=bookstackapp volumes: - ./bookstack_app_data:/config ports: - 6875:80 restart: unless-stopped volumes: - ./bookstack_db_data:/config restart: unless-stopped
While playing with this I forgot my credentials .. duh
Using portainer terminal access to the docker to add a new admin user