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Ethernet

Magjack - [lU1S516LF Datasheet]

[Pinout]
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First Project - Halloween Window Setup

Light Sensor

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Blue, Violet, almost Ultraviolet really. I made a driver board and just need to finish the heatsink and mount it in a case. I bought a translucent blue project box from Hammond that I&#039;ll be mounting the laser in.

	*  405nm (Blue) Laser</description>
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After reading about the MySensors project, I decided to design a small circuit board to hold the Arduino and radio module.

Status:

	*  Nov 25th: I&#039;ve assembled two working boards. Imgur photos
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Endcap

Endcap for a clear plexiglass tube to hold an LCD display module


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Drive Pulley

Pulley for a drive belt for a Kodak Slide projector


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APC Environmental card

AP9512TH
IC1LM35Temperature SensorIC2LM358NDual OpampIC3LM78LVreg, 5VBP1[TDK CHS-UGR]Humidity Sensor
AP9612
IC1ADC08348-Bit Serial I/O A/D Converter with Multiplexer OptionIC2MM74HC14NHex inverting Schmitt triggerIC5P87C521 Controller
PCF8574 - 8-Bit I/O Expander for I2C-Bus</description>
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If I only had a single wrench, I hope it&#039;s 13mm.
10mm for thermostat bracket bolts.

Remote Starter

Does not engage A/C, rear defroster.
Horn is not connected either (for programming).

Rear Defroster relay

[Relay]
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Manufacturer site
Capacity6600mAhVoltage3.7VDimensions69mm Length x 54mm Width x 18mm ThciknessWeight9.0 ozMax. charge current1AMax. discharge current3.5ACut off voltage/Over-Charge Protection: 4.35VOver-Discharge Protection:2.4V
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Hardware

Using a ESP32 with QMC5883L compass module. TBD

Accuracy

Quite accurate, each interval (max to min to max) from the water meter appears to be 32.5ml, this was confirmed over the course of a few days and about 1.6 m³ of water (about 49 thousand intervals).</description>
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[Miniusb Pinout]
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Dual pressure sensor board






[PIC18F1320 Datasheet]

RX on pin 3
TX on pin 2


Power ON
98.97 kPa,      742.3 Torr      ; 0814,0521
98.97 kPa,      742.3 Torr      ; 0814,0521
98.97 kPa,      742.3 Torr      ; 0814,0521


Reference

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16 Bit Digital input, 16 Bit Digital Output.



Outputs

16 Relays

Inputs

[HP3700]

16 socketed Optoisolators, rated for 5 to 240 Volts, AC or DC.

Pinout
Relay boardSignal NamePin#PinSignal NameGndGround B1 #A1 -I/O CH CKI/O channel check; active low=parity error</description>
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With this project I intend to use an optical mouse sensor chip for detecting movement on a translation stage.
Interfacing the chip with a PIC microcontroller. The mouse shown contains the ADNS-2051 sensor. I removed the microcontroller and rewired the cord for power and the I2C bus.</description>
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SPDT JW1FEN relays from an old UPS.

Matches closest to Digikey Part# 255-1114-ND

[JW Relay datasheet]

[Schematic]

[Board layout]

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OptoRelay Board


G4PB16 - G4 16-channel I/O Module Rack

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	*  G4 OAC5 - G4 AC Output 12-140 VAC, 5 VDC Logic</description>
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        <title>Sump pump Monitor</title>
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        <description>Sump pump Monitor



My parents have a cistern and a sump pump which would be useful to have some sort of water level monitoring.

In the past, we would check the cistern level with a pressure gauge calibrated in inches of water. There was a rubber squeeze bulb which which would pressurize a plastic line which fed into the cistern, and the resulting level would be shown on the gauge.</description>
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ADT7410 Digital I2C Temperature Sensor

±0.5°C Accurate, 16-Bit Digital I2C Temperature Sensor
PinWire Colour1SCLYellow2SDABlue3A0Gnd4A1Gnd5INTn/c6CTn/c8VddRed7GndBlack
Need 0.1uF Cap between pins 7 &amp; 8



From Analog Devices, [ADT7410 Datasheet]

Thermopile sensor</description>
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X10 Mini Timer power supply

The LCD display seems to die after a few years (on three units I&#039;ve used) so I figured out the pinout.
4N35&#039;s are used internally for opto-isolation, The power is from a transformer internally, with a rectifier and a capacitor.</description>
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