Projects Sneak Peek
Friday, May 28, 2010 by darcoPosted in Projects, Electronics, 6LoWPAN
Here are some teasers for the home automation and wireless sensor network project I'm working on.
This is a prototype appliance module driver board, supporting both the CC253x Breakout boards as well as the inexpensive XBee modules. This board has footprints for using either a bistable (latching) relay or a solid-state relay. Has optional support for load-sensing (for local control or burn-out detection), zero-cross detection (for dimming), and inductive current sensing. It has headers for two input buttons and two indicator LEDs.
This is a breakout board for the TI CC2520 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 RF transceiver. If the bottom header is populated, it can be used with the CC Debugger as a 802.15.4 sniffer. My primary motivation is to make it easier to work with the CC2520 as I develop a 6LoWPAN border router. You can grab the eagle sources to this board here.
This board is a add-on board for the ybox2 which allows me to use the CC2520 breakout board mentioned above. With this I can hopefully turn a ybox2 into a relatively inexpensive 6LoWPAN border router.
I've ordered all of these boards today from BatchPCB, so I should get them back in around a month or so. In the mean time, I would probably be well-advised to try to build a solder reflow oven so that I actually have a chance of successfully soldering the breakout boards.