Re: Introduction

["Malcolm Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Booth" <lists@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Introduction


> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:09:42 -0000, "Malcolm Lansell"
> <mlansell@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >        Watering the garden (custom hardware connected directly to
PC -
> >probably via USB)
>
> Ian Bird on this list has done some great sounding work in this area
> already. Check out his site at http://www.mollyology.com/ and more
> specifically perhaps:
>

The water-valve system looks exactly the same as I was planning - even down
the using the same valves from RS!  I concerned about flow rate through the
valves, so it's good to see that someone else has it working first :-)

I'm going to connect mine to the house PC via USB - the water supply is
only
the other side of the wall from the PC, so range isn't a problem, and I
have
one of those USB chips from FTDI ( http://www.ftdichip.com/FTProduct.htm
)
to play with (any excuse, eh?)


> xAP's a great means to allow multiple devices (both h/w and s/w) to
> communicate with each other, either via Ethernet or serial comms.
> There's been some discussion on this very thing just recently and it's
> all terribly exciting stuff. I just wish I had more time in the day!
>

xAP is intriguing - I was going to use Autom8it, but I'll have a look at
this before taking the plunge.

Mal