Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Arduino Current Sensing

Here's a current-sensing module from Sparkfun.  It's non-invasive, clamping around the wire carrying the current you wish to measure. I'm planning to use it to watch a particular appliance and see when it's on and off.

My initial plans are to attach it to an ESP8266 (Huzzah breakout), upload the measured current to thingspeak via a local wifi, and watch it from there.





Example apps:
(example 1)
(example 2)

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Tiny Shopping List




 $1.25    8x4 props (2)
 $0.00    theraband prop saver bands
 $0.19    JST pigtail, ESC side
 $0.72    2mm bullet plugs, male (3) (motor side)
 $0.72    2mm bullet plugs, female (3) (ESC side)
 $0.00    2.5mm heat shrink tubing
$6.46    9g servos (2)


$0.29    control horns (2)
$13.73    2S/3S balance charger
$14.40    3S 500 mAh LiPo batteries (2)