Hive is basically a cloud connected thermostat with scheduling that lets you control your Heating or Heating and Hot Water from you phone or a computer. This post shows how to wire it up to your Vaillant ecoTEC plus 824.
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Onion Omega
What is the Onion Omega?
Well its a kick-ass little computer straight out of a Kickstarter campaign Onion Omega. The device about 1/4 the size of a Raspberry Pi that has built-in WiFi, Network connection (via pins or expansion board), USB 2.0, I2C bus and a 15 pin GPIO header.
Also check out the https://onion.io/ website for more info
Quad-copter Project – Motor Wiring and Pi connections
Wiring ESC units to allow for PWM control and then writing software to control the motors is not as easy as it sounds.
Quad-copter Project – Raspberry Pi setup
First off, setting up the Raspberry 2 Model B.
Raspiado
Raspiado is a power supply and USB hub for your raspberry PI. Not only does it expand the number of USB port from 2 to 5, it also supplies up to 4000mA at 5VDC that will ensure your PI and peripherals all have the power they need.
IllumiBowl
Tired of blinding yourself when going to the toilet at night or stubbing your toe while trying to stealth-pee. The IllumiBowl Clip-On, Motion Activated, Toilet Night Light could be the solution for you.
Swiftpoint GT
Swiftpoint GT combines intuitive touch gestures with the precision and convenience of a mouse. It’s the first mouse in the world offering you a unique combination of a mouse a a stylus like pointer that you can easily switch between the model by tilting the mouse slightly on its side. The moustylus is also small enough to use easily with your laptop/tablet device.
Zano Drone
3D Printer Project – First Print On The Heated Bed
So after getting the heatbed installed, wired in and then upgrading the firmware, here is an image of the premier heatbed print.
3D Printer Project – Heatbed Upgrade Part 2
Time to get down and dirty with the Marlin firmware for the RAMPS 1.4.
Luckily bq have made the Hephestos firmware avaliable as a well documented github repository, just what you need to get started.