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by chipfryer27
Sun May 05, 2024 6:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: IOT_Made_Easy - or not?
Replies: 4
Views: 28

Re: IOT_Made_Easy - or not?

Hi This is a link to one of my posts, using an esp8266 to update TS. As mentioned in the post, not a finished chart or anything, just showing "steps" required for me to connect and publish, which may help. Regards PS I've been assisting in a water level project too, one version with ultrasonics, the...
by chipfryer27
Sun May 05, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: IOT_Made_Easy - or not?
Replies: 4
Views: 28

Re: IOT_Made_Easy - or not?

Hi I've used ThingSpeak extensively in the past but I haven't tried the IOT_Made_Easy (or not) component. I usually post data just using the api key but have used the mqtt component too. I've posted plenty on it and like a lot of such things used value pairs for the data. I'll try the IOT component ...
by chipfryer27
Sun May 05, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor
Replies: 0
Views: 8

SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor

Hi Did a couple of tests today. Set up FC pretty much as the example file using a PIC18877 with trivial modifications to suit. Set up a little test rig to measure distance from sensor to target. Rig holds the sensor at 90' to target, vertically, with very impressive results for such a module and my ...
by chipfryer27
Thu May 02, 2024 8:31 pm
Forum: Projects - Embedded
Topic: PIC Random Nunber
Replies: 6
Views: 64

Re: PIC Random Nunber

Hi

The "old" forum is a great source of knowledge going back to stoneage times :)

Regards
by chipfryer27
Thu May 02, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: Projects - Embedded
Topic: PIC Random Nunber
Replies: 6
Views: 64

Re: PIC Random Nunber

Hi Generally speaking, yes, you can. If you do a search in the forum you will find pleanty of info such as this https://www.matrixtsl.com/mmforums/viewtopic.php?p=106397#p106397 You might also want to include a truly random variable such as a temperature reading or an ADC on a floating pin to help m...
by chipfryer27
Thu May 02, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: WiFi alarm
Replies: 17
Views: 197

Re: WiFi alarm

Hi I had a project to monitor tanks (water, not Challenger) and the remote tanks communicated to a "base station" via LoRa. The base station located in the house would then communicate via WiFi / Internet to PushingBox which would subsequently send out Push/email alerts etc. However if the WiFi/Inte...
by chipfryer27
Wed May 01, 2024 10:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WiFi alarm
Replies: 17
Views: 197

Re: WiFi alarm

Hi

This seems to work for me.

If I step through I can follow the path doing as it should and if I then switch off my laptop WiFi it reacts accordingly.
WiFi_Test_1A_modified.fcfx
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Regards
by chipfryer27
Wed May 01, 2024 10:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WiFi alarm
Replies: 17
Views: 197

Re: WiFi alarm

Hi

When simulating you should be good. Have you set the properties in Network Component correctly?

Regards
by chipfryer27
Wed May 01, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WiFi alarm
Replies: 17
Views: 197

Re: WiFi alarm

Hi Ouch... remembering that far back :) I was going to update to have a Web Developer "app" access the database but realised I'd need to refresh my memory a lot..... So, from memory that still works:- When simulating using the Network Comms and and ESP WLAN components I have never got "autodetect" t...
by chipfryer27
Wed May 01, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: STM32 Increase Uart RX buffer size
Replies: 3
Views: 72

Re: STM32 Increase Uart RX buffer size

Hi

Would the circular buffer be of use?

Usually I use the RxINT to grab a byte and immediately store in the buffer for processing within the Main loop.

Just a thought.

Regards