I can finally report a conclusion of sorts on the IOIO / PowerSwitch Tail project. The ‘of sorts’ disclaimer is in regards to my Android App, which is pretty much a working beta. I have some issues with my onResume code, and want to put some polish on the UI. That said, I have released the code to the interwebs, so had better provide a write-up.
The setup is the same as I have been posting. Dual open drain pins with a 10K pull to 5V do the lifting…triggering of pins is handled via my IOIO board…Android app providing a UI to do the switching.
I went ahead and published my app on the Android Market. It will pop for sure by searching for IOIO.
Price: free ninety nine. Can’t beat that.
I also tossed this code up on GitHub. Go nuts.
Video time: see this in action.
Basically, between all of the shaky camera work, I download my app from the Android Market, connect via USB, and control the 120V relay via my Droid 2. I will shoot a better video once I clean up my code a bit.
Stay tuned. The README on GitHub and the app details section should have all of the connection information. I can provide any further details via email / comments / @swantron. Have fun with this one…
Joe’s first app! Nice. Does it have ads? If so I’ll click on them… Once I get a smartphone.
Joe’s first app! Nice. Does it have ads? If so I’ll click on them… Once I get a smartphone.
Joe’s first app! Nice. Does it have ads? If so I’ll click on them… Once I get a smartphone.
Very cool! Did the relay come from Spark Fun?
@Zac | No ads… pretty sure there are only a few dozen of us horsing around with this thing
@Bruce | It did. I was horsing around on the PowerSwitch site and saw that they were backordered…Sparkfun was where I grabbed my relay though. I also grabbed the headers from them for this project; great site.
@Zac | No ads… pretty sure there are only a few dozen of us horsing around with this thing
@Bruce | It did. I was horsing around on the PowerSwitch site and saw that they were backordered…Sparkfun was where I grabbed my relay though. I also grabbed the headers from them for this project; great site.