Paul's Geek Dad Blog

I'm a Dad and a Geek. My blog is about teaching my kids to be producers, not just consumers of technology. My tinkering exists somewhere at the intersection between home automation, the internet of things, the maker movement and fitness. It's a nice place to be!

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Raspberry Pi Powered Lego Car

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Want to take your Raspberry Pi some old Lego and build a remote control Lego car?  Well read on as this is the place to find out how to do ...
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Monday, 12 November 2012

on{X} and Geo-Fencing

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Every single day when I leave work I send a text to my wife to the effect "I've left work".  I've always wanted to automat...
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Sunday, 28 October 2012

The UDP Interface (Again)

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When I previously looked at the LightwaveRF UDP interface I got as far as: Writing an application to poll for energy measurements. Contr...
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Saturday, 20 October 2012

A COSM(ic) Experience

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The answer to my "what should I do with my on{X} measurements" came again from the internet of things Twitter feed.  The answer wa...
Saturday, 13 October 2012

First Step on the Internet of Things

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Right, I've taken the summer off while the nights have been longer,Olympics in London, holiday etc.  However a chance encounter with a p...
Thursday, 31 May 2012

Automatic Garden Watering

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It's been super hot in the UK recently but luckily I've been able to use my LightwaveRF kit as part of an automated garden watering ...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Power Measurements and the UDP Interface

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More reading of the LightwaveRF forum led me to discover a command that allows you to interrogate the WiFi Link unit to get power measureme...
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