Candy Cane Dispenser
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I like the price on that, but I would need a pretty long run of USB, maybe 50+ft?
I could pair it with a Pi Zero W though.
I was also investigating small wifi "action" cameras. But the cheap ones seem really "cheap". I am sure there is a simple solution I am overthinking here....
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I could pair it with a Pi Zero W though.
I was also investigating small wifi "action" cameras. But the cheap ones seem really "cheap". I am sure there is a simple solution I am overthinking here....
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Barnabybear
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Hi, just thinking - an ESP8266 putting up a web page that you could check, sending an email or a push notification telling you what stock is left or how many times the button had been pressed. An easy project to do next year if it would help.
This is a nice discourse guys, thanks!
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That is good to know about the USB, it might be worth trying for such a little cost (I guess I don't know how specialized those USB cables are though). I do have a Falcon Player right outside my house for my matrix. I could potentially run the USB straight to that, or plug it into something else all together.....
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wilmar
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Would be cool if you could utilize something like this pic but make a larger pixel screen that you can see from house think it uses a proximitysensor
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That is interesting. Not sure how it would know how many canes are left. One thing that I would need to do is KISS, because my kids help me fill it, and I can't depend on them to reset some sort of counter each time (they are 7 and 5).
Buuuut, getting notified every x button pushes would be pretty sweet. What all do you think would have to go into getting something like this to work. I play with PICs, Arduino, Pi's, ARMs, etc., But I've done absolutely nothing with the ESP stuff (including reading up on it).
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wilmar
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wilmar
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I actually had investigated something like this 2 years ago. I simulated a circuit using Reed switches and a magnet being dragged behind that would light a C7 incandescent bulb, off, slowly, faster, solid on, depending on how many canes were left.Would be cool if you could utilize something like this pic but make a larger pixel screen that you can see from house think it uses a proximitysensor
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I tried it out on the bench and it worked, but I didn't really want to drag a magnet behind the last cane, so I abandoned it. The circuit would be all discretes and have no micros or anything else digital.
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wilmar
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Yea I looked at one of those with a magnet aswell on Amazon it’s a kit
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Not that simple if the canes get refilled part way through, we would then have to reset a counter so it knew how many were back in there. Plus it would need to remember after power down.
As much as I don't want to make things too complicated, the wife kind of wants a camera as she thinks it would be cool to see what is going on.
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Didn't think to look for a lot, was doing it from scratch with stuff on hand.
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garymullen
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Maybe you could put a camera in the box AND replace your 555 timer with a ESP8266. Have it keep track of the number of presses and then send a notification for you to check the camera every 15 presses or something? Maybe have a webpage to reset the count, since it will likely get out of sync. I haven't done it, but the ESP's seem like they're easy to program from the Arduino IDE.
KISS is probably the best approach, but complexity can be more fun
KISS is probably the best approach, but complexity can be more fun