Maerklin 4316 Central

You are right, Maerklin 4316 is not a central but a normal waggon. But with a RaspberryPI running srcpd and Rocrail this waggon can be easily turned into a DCC central. We need a circuit creating a differential protocol from the serial stream of the RaspberryPI Zero W, so for that I had used DigiSpark Mini … [Read more…]

ChristmasBeetle

ClickBeetle celebrates Christmas with the ChristmasBeetle baseboard for example using BlueBeetle I. See the schematics: Schematic_ChristmasBeetle_v10 And a 3D PDF of the PCB: 3D_ChristmasBeetle See the video:   See more about ClickBeetle here

Ultra Low Power MCU – How to measure energy consumption?

Starting with ULP MCUs like Ambiq Micros Apollo1 or Apollo2 available via shop.feeu.com is very easy, but designing ULP applications can be a nightmare without good tools measuring the power consumption. For Ambiq Micro Apollo Series MCUs Fujitsu Electronics Europe GmbH realized different possibilities to measure ultra low power consumption. On the one hand FEEU … [Read more…]

Homeautomation with ClickBeetle and Fujitsu F-Cue

I have made it: Getting FHEM and Homebridge running on Fujitsu F-Cue board. The board itself provides via WLAN and hostapd a mobile hotspot where a smart phone can connect to. On-board Bluetooth connects peripherals like FEEU ClickBeetle (www.feeu.com/clickbeetle). See some short demo video controlling some LEDs and a wireless connected ClickBeetle. All available via … [Read more…]

Siri Homeautomation with Raspberry Pi

Siri Homeautomation with Raspberry Pi (for advanced users) For Homeautomation with Siri / Apple HomeKit 2 components are required: FHEM Node.js Homekit FHEM (TM) is a GPL’d perl server for house automation. It is used to automate some common tasks in the household like switching lamps / shutters / heating / etc. and to log … [Read more…]