Brett's Build Log » tweet-a-watt http://brettinman.com/blog Hardware tinkering with the occasional bit of software Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:24:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Coming Soon http://brettinman.com/blog/2009/07/12/coming-soon/ http://brettinman.com/blog/2009/07/12/coming-soon/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:25:30 +0000 brettinman http://brettinman.com/?p=115 Things have been quite here lately – but think of it as the lull before the storm! Coming soon to a blog near you:

USB Power Shield Prototype
The PCB has finally been produced and is on the way. Expect to see a fully functional (*fingers crossed*) version in the next few days! If the board is good, I’ll make it available as a public design on BatchPCB so others can order it – it comes out to about $25-30 a board after shipping, which is a little high but would be lower if we got enough interest to do a full panel.

Remote Control Outlet
I’ve put together an outlet on an extension cord with a built-in relay, and the next step is to install an Xbee to make it wireless. Think of it as budget home automation, especially in combination with…

Tweet-A-Watt
This isn’t a brettinman.com original, but I’m working on putting together a Tweet-A-Watt and will be posting up some photos and thoughts on this excellent kit. Perfect for apartments, since we can’t get a current meter around our incoming electrical.

All this and more, coming soon!

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