I made a little script to make a 360 spherical panorama photo, using a remote controlled IP cam,
Looking at the API CGI, i only needed to control the movement of the camera and getting a snapshot.
Point camera down
Point camera maximal left
Take picture
Point a little to the right
Take picture, loop until max right
Point a little more up and go max left
Doing same loop as above, until pointing maximal up
Made a little animation in blender
After getting all those pictures, i only needed to stitch them using Hugin. When viewing the image with VR Glasses, i could look around my room, without image distortion, like below flattend example.
The ipcam generates a token, which you have to use in your curl commands.
Put the box flat on the table to switch off. When you put it on one side, it will controll your lights brightness. 20,40,60,80 and 100%, just by rotating and putting it down on its sides.
3D printed case
Schematics (without the wireless charging part)
Wireless part
Node-Red Controll part (source below)
Nice to have’s : Arduino-sleep mode, wakeup with a movement sensor.
Arduino Code
#include <Wire.h>
//#include <SPI.h>
#include <PubSubClient.h>
//#include <string.h>
//#include <stdio.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
// Wifi settings
const char* ssid = "xxxxxx";
const char* password = "xxxxxxxxxx";
const char* mqtt_server = "10.1.0.17";
// I2C address of the MPU-6050 - 0x68 or 0x69 if AD0 is pulled HIGH
const int MPU = 0x68;
int16_t AcX, AcY, AcZ, GyX, GyY, GyZ;
float gForceX, gForceY, gForceZ, rotX, rotY, rotZ;
// Wifi MAC address
byte mac[]= { 0xDE, 0xED, 0xBA, 0xFE, 0xFE, 0xED };
WiFiClient espClient;
IPAddress ip;
PubSubClient mqttClient(espClient);
// IP address of your MQTT server
const char* server = "10.1.0.17";
//const char* outTopic = "test/";
//const char* server = "iot.eclipse.org";
void dataReceiver(){
Wire.beginTransmission(MPU);
Wire.write(0x3B); // starting with register 0x3B (ACCEL_XOUT_H)
Wire.endTransmission(false);
Wire.requestFrom(MPU,14,true); // request a total of 14 registers
AcX = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); // 0x3B (ACCEL_XOUT_H) & 0x3C (ACCEL_XOUT_L)
AcY = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); // 0x3D (ACCEL_YOUT_H) & 0x3E (ACCEL_YOUT_L)
AcZ = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); // 0x3F (ACCEL_ZOUT_H) & 0x40 (ACCEL_ZOUT_L)
GyX = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); // 0x43 (GYRO_XOUT_H) & 0x44 (GYRO_XOUT_L)
GyY = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); // 0x45 (GYRO_YOUT_H) & 0x46 (GYRO_YOUT_L)
GyZ = Wire.read()<<8|Wire.read(); // 0x47 (GYRO_ZOUT_H) & 0x48 (GYRO_ZOUT_L)
processData();
}
void processData(){
gForceX = AcX / 16384.0;
gForceY = AcY / 16384.0;
gForceZ = AcZ / 16384.0;
rotX = GyX / 131.0;
rotY = GyY / 131.0;
rotZ = GyZ / 131.0;
}
void debugFunction(int16_t AcX, int16_t AcY, int16_t AcZ, int16_t GyX, int16_t GyY, int16_t GyZ){
// Print the MPU values to the serial monitor
Serial.print("Accelerometer: ");
Serial.print("X="); Serial.print(gForceX);
Serial.print("|Y="); Serial.print(gForceY);
Serial.print("|Z="); Serial.println(gForceZ);
Serial.print("Gyroscope:");
Serial.print("X="); Serial.print(rotX);
Serial.print("|Y="); Serial.print(rotY);
Serial.print("|Z="); Serial.println(rotZ);
}
void reconnect() {
// Loop until we're reconnected
while (!mqttClient.connected()) {
Serial.print("Attempting MQTT connection...");
// Attempt to connect
if (mqttClient.connect("arduinoClient")){
Serial.println("connected");
}
else {
Serial.print("failed, rc=");
Serial.print(mqttClient.state());
Serial.println(" try again in 5 seconds");
// Wait 5 seconds before retrying
delay(1000);
}
}
}
void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
setup_wifi();
Wire.begin(0,2);
Wire.beginTransmission(MPU);
Wire.write(0x6B); // PWR_MGMT_1 register
Wire.write(0); // set to zero (wakes up the MPU-6050)
Wire.endTransmission(true);
mqttClient.setServer(server, 1883);
// Ethernet.begin(mac);
// ip = Ethernet.localIP();
Serial.println(ip);
Serial.println(server);
//delay(1500);
}
char* init(float val){
char buff[100];
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
dtostrf(val, 4, 2, buff); //4 is mininum width, 6 is precision
}
return buff;
}
void setup_wifi() {
delay(10);
// We start by connecting to a WiFi network
Serial.println();
Serial.print("Connecting to ");
Serial.println(ssid);
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("WiFi connected");
Serial.println("IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}
void dataAcc(){
char mpu6050X[100]= "";
strcat(mpu6050X,init(gForceX));
char mpu6050Y[100]= "";
strcat(mpu6050Y,init(gForceY));
char mpu6050Z[100]= "";
strcat(mpu6050Z,init(gForceZ));
// accelerometer - "topic, mpu6050"
mqttClient.publish("AcX/", mpu6050X);
mqttClient.publish("AcY/", mpu6050Y);
mqttClient.publish("AcZ/", mpu6050Z);
// mqttClient.publish(outTopic, "text to send via mqtt");
}
void dataGy(){
char mpu6050X[100]= "";
strcat(mpu6050X,init(rotX));
char mpu6050Y[100]= "";
strcat(mpu6050Y,init(rotY));
char mpu6050Z[100]= "";
strcat(mpu6050Z,init(rotZ));
// gyroscope - "topic, mpu6050"
mqttClient.publish("GyX/", mpu6050X);
mqttClient.publish("GyY/", mpu6050Y);
mqttClient.publish("GyZ/", mpu6050Z);
// mqttClient.publish(outTopic, "text to send via mqtt");
}
void loop(){
dataReceiver();
debugFunction(AcX,AcY,AcZ,GyX,GyY,GyZ);
if (!mqttClient.connected()) {
reconnect();
}
mqttClient.loop();
dataAcc();
dataGy();
delay(2000);
}
Why “rubber ducking’’? While an undergraduate at Imperial College in London, Dave did a lot of work with a research assistant named Greg Pugh, one of the best developers Dave has known. For several months Greg carried around a small yellow rubber duck, which he’d place on his terminal while coding. ( From “The Pragmatic programmer” page 95)
Why rubber ducking?
A very simple but particularly useful technique for finding the cause of a problem is simply to explain it to someone else or even a object. Explain out loud (or in your mind to the duck) what each line of code is doing. Often while doing so, you will see the problem.
Why Pair Programming?
It is no secret, i like working on a problem alone. Let me do my ‘thing’. But i like the idea of Pair Programming, why?
Differences in thinking, gives alternative solutions
4 eyes principle, typo’s will be seen
When working with a novice:
Teaches the new guy
Give the other space to ask stupid questions, maybe they are NOT!
The knowledge of the new code is now known to > 1 person!
For measuring pressure in fermentation containers, I designed a pressure sensor which could be wireless connected to a fermentation container. The sensor would transmit the values to a Raspberry which was configured as a Access Point and would store the measurements and generated graphs using Grafana.
Connect esp with a power source. Look for a AP with ESP_Easy_0
Use password “configesp” to connect
Start you browser and enter http://192.168.4.1
In wifi wizard setup select “pressurespot” Enter password “pressurespot”
Press connect
Wait 20s and look in the raspberry logs which IP the ESP got.
Connect laptop/mobile to wifi “pressurespot”and connect
Enter found IP from ESP in your browser.
Proceed to main config
Main setting table, set the following
Unit name & number + append
SSID and WPA key pressurespot
Client IP block level allow all
Press submit
Press controller tab
Press first edit button and set following – Protocol: domoticz http Next set – Controller IP : 10.42.0.1 – Toggle enabled and press submit
Resulting in:
Next we got to Hardware
I2C interface switch GPIO-4 and GPIO-5
GPIO – SDA: GPIO-4 (D2) change to GPIO-5 (D1)
GPIO – SCL: GPIO-5 (D1) change to GPIO-4 (D2)
Press “Submit”
Devices TAB
Press edit, and select device “Environment – BMx280” from the pulldown menu.
Next, set the following
Name: pressure
Enable on
I2C address : 0x76 ( Is there is no 0x76 of 0x77 .. do a i2c scan on the next tab )
Send to controller , mark this
IDX: give this the number you had given this node (this is the one you have to use in domoticz )
interval 10Seconds
and press submit
In the Devices tab, you should be able to see the sensor with the values (Temperature and pressure)
No values? Do a i2c scan and/or reboot ESP ( You can find these in the tools tab)
Tools TAB
Press I2C scan, when seeing a address like 0x76 or 0x77 use this in previous tabs. Still nothing, even after reboot? Maybe faulty hardware?
Everything okay? Back to the config tab
We are going to set the sleep mode. Warning ! .. when setting this it is hard to get into the config pages again. ESP will startup, connect to wifi, send values and goes to sleep again.
At the bottom set: Sleep awake time 1 sec
Buttons on the raspberry / pressurespot
Red button :
Less than 3 seconds is reboot
Longer than 3 seconds is shut down
Charger can be removed, when the green light is off
Led lights on the sensors
Red light (R2; constant): battery is charging
Blue light (R1; constant): battery is full
Blue light (R1; constant) & red light (R2; blinking): trying to charge, but no battery connected
Add shutdown script to /etc/rc.local
python /usr/local/bin/power-switch.py &
/usr/local/bin/power-switch.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import threading, subprocess
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
def shutdown():
subprocess.call('sudo shutdown -h now', shell=True)
def edge_detected(pin):
if GPIO.input(pin):
t.cancel()
subprocess.call('sudo reboot', shell=True)
else:
t.start()
if __name__ == '__main__':
try:
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
GPIO.setup(5, GPIO.IN)
GPIO.add_event_detect(5, GPIO.BOTH, callback=edge_detected, bouncetime=10)
t = threading.Timer(3.0, shutdown)
while True:
pass
finally:
GPIO.cleanup()
/usr/local/bin/ledoff.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setup(18,GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(18,GPIO.LOW)
/usr/local/bin/ledon.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setup(18,GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(18,GPIO.HIGH)
Now we can check that grafana is up by loading it in a browser: http://10.42.0.1:3000. If so, you can log in with the username and password = admin and set a new admin password.
