kism3t Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 I woke up this morning, looked out the window, the sun hit my face and put me in a bit of a sharing kind of mood! I suppose a little bit of self promotion mood as well sorry So here goes. Over the past few weeks I have setup and installed an LCD Display on our Techies office door after having it changed to some sort of sound proofed lead lined door that the pupils could not here us shouting come in at all! I also had another reason as you will read (more of an excuse to play really) I have wrote up a quick overview if you are interested with some pictures here kism3t1: My Work and all code is available at the bottom of the page for anyone wanting a look. It might be a nice addition to your office? It is controllable over the network with a simple python server/client app (The IP and ports are hardcoded im afraid) I had to keep it simple for the pupils, plus im a bit simple We really do use this everyday and thought it might be nice to share with everyone, so hope you like it. 4
pcstru Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 If you haven't already, have a look at PicAxe. They are not quite as powerful as Arduino or RPi, but they can be programmed in basic and can be much much cheaper than either Arduino or RPi for simple embedded applications. 1
Rydra Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 I'm thinking of getting a touch screen panel and setting up a terminal for submitting helpdesk tickets outside my office (which I move into in the summer!) Also considering getting another one to go next to the monster AIO printer/copier, so people can access files while standing next to the printer and hitting print.
Pete10141748 Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 That's pretty cool! Personally, I've gone with the low-budget version of this; a laminated piece of card, one side says "Please knock and then enter" with a large smiley face, the other side with a stop sign that says I am not in. Just blue-tacked it to my office door and I flip it over when I am in/out respectively. 1
kernewek-sam Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Just blue-tacked it to my office door and I flip it over when I am in/out respectively. It's not been "borrowed" and stuck to another door etc yet? Ours barely lasted a week.
plexer Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 It's very cool, how about a controller with a push button keypad with those commands printed on them so that you don't have to have a pc/laptop available to run that side of things. Ben 1
kism3t Posted March 20, 2012 Author Posted March 20, 2012 That's pretty cool! Personally, I've gone with the low-budget version of this; a laminated piece of card, one side says "Please knock and then enter" with a large smiley face, the other side with a stop sign that says I am not in. Just blue-tacked it to my office door and I flip it over when I am in/out respectively. that was V0.01 for me too! I did however have a few bugs with the paper to blu-tack interface and over time the structural integrity of the sign did get compromised, I do wish I had thought of upgrading to laminate!
kism3t Posted March 20, 2012 Author Posted March 20, 2012 It's very cool, how about a controller with a push button keypad with those commands printed on them so that you don't have to have a pc/laptop available to run that side of things. Ben Thanks Ben Funny you should say that, it was originaly going to have some buttons on the wall with 'come in' 'go away' etc on them but when I came to put the LCD together with the Arduino I would of had to run long cables to where we sit. And more importantly it would of had to be on the wall out the way which would mean if we wanted to press the button we would have to... get up out of our nice comfy seat to reach the buttons perish the thought It also opened it up so we could have it running on each techies own work area making everyone feel special, I do agree though it would be nice to have some physical buttons, maybe when I have a spare few hours
glennda Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Possibly add a system like in the post office... "Technician Number 2 please" 2
plexer Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Thanks Ben Funny you should say that, it was originaly going to have some buttons on the wall with 'come in' 'go away' etc on them but when I came to put the LCD together with the Arduino I would of had to run long cables to where we sit. And more importantly it would of had to be on the wall out the way which would mean if we wanted to press the button we would have to... get up out of our nice comfy seat to reach the buttons perish the thought It also opened it up so we could have it running on each techies own work area making everyone feel special, I do agree though it would be nice to have some physical buttons, maybe when I have a spare few hours Zigbee? Ben
K.C.Leblanc Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 That's pretty cool! Personally, I've gone with the low-budget version of this; a laminated piece of card, one side says "Please knock and then enter" with a large smiley face, the other side with a stop sign that says I am not in. Just blue-tacked it to my office door and I flip it over when I am in/out respectively. I'd like something similar, except with off! I'm having a bad day on both sides.
X-13 Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 I'd like something similar, except with off! I'm having a bad day on both sides. You have that on one side. The other is simply the scream from an enraged Panther.
kism3t Posted March 21, 2012 Author Posted March 21, 2012 Zigbee? Ben That would be nice I wish I had the pocket for a couple
chazzy2501 Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 I have a white board and a pen on a string on my door!
teejay Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Can we have one with an added attachment of a cattle prod?
cromertech Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 I have a white board and a pen on a string on my door! Blimey! How long before you were constantly rubbing stuff off the door
pcstru Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 That would be nice I wish I had the pocket for a couple 433Mhz Rx/Tx pairs go for < £10 - would do the job for a remote switch panel. Zigbee is two way and more reliable but IMO overkill for many uses. Mind you, I'm a real cheapskate!
minimad35 Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 we had some 6th formers put a notice on our door that read "warning, contains a portal to narnia". that is so true
kism3t Posted March 23, 2012 Author Posted March 23, 2012 Zigbee? Ben 433Mhz Rx/Tx pairs go for < £10 - would do the job for a remote switch panel. Zigbee is two way and more reliable but IMO overkill for many uses. Mind you, I'm a real cheapskate! I am assuming that I would need another arduino/microcontroller on the button side as well? + power source Would be cool but I may stick with the software as its really to show the kids what you can do with Python etc, also it works a treat
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