[MLB-WIRELESS] Electrical guinesses step forward !

[Rowan Wainwright-Smith]

Just a little some thing I found for *nix....  :)


# !/bin/sh
# coffee making script???
#
kettle -fill
kettle -boil &

mkdev /dev/mug
mke2fs /dev/mug
mount /dev/mug /mug

cp /pantry/jar/coffee /mug
cp /pantry/jar/sugar /mug
cp /fridge/bottle/milk /mug

#kettle should be done by now!
cp hot-water /mug

echo Enjoy your coffee!

#end

Tony Langdon wrote:

> > > To make a power switch controlled by a PC, and to then make
> > an Infrared
> > > input for the switch. - so i can use a remote to turn on
> > and off, say ...
> > > the kettle (cant think of much better things, than watchin
> > TV and starting
> > > the kettle with out getting up ;)
>
> Shouldn't be too hard...  The Coffee HowTo has some sketchy ideas.  For on
> off applications, one can use one bit the printer port to drive an opto
> isolator/triac or relay combination (don't forget the isolation!!!!!!).  If
> you want non simultaneous control of up to 256 devices, you could decode the
> 8 pins of the printer port.  An alternative approach is a serial controlled
> PIC based system, which could operate completely standalone if you wanted
> to.  As an aside, I could do such control over a wider range with the IRLP
> box...  "Press hash to boil the kettle..." :-)
>
> > >
> > > If it could also repeat the Infrared signal as well ? (eg.
> > sender) it
> > could
> > > turn on the Stereo in another room ;-)
>
> This one is better handled outside the PC.  There have been kits for "infra
> red repeaters" over the years.
>
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