The rumors for RFM12B’s end-of-life two years ago seem to have been highly exaggerated now and the popular RF module is still available in abundance. HopeRF has introduced a pin-compatible upgrade, the RFM69CW. The module itself offers improved sensitivity and range compared…
I created a Node-RED RFM2Pi gateway few weeks ago, have it running nicely since then. I decided to use that approach instead of a python script, since it is very flexible, visual and easy to extend. Prior to Node-RED I used the…
I added a 6 pin port on the RFM2Pi board that can be used for a number of applications. The port has GND, D3, D7, D6 and VCC routed, and by no coincidence matches perfectly the pinout of the Digole…
I have had a good share of frustration with damaging Raspberry Pi SD cards due to wearing out/improper shut downs as a result from power failures and was looking for solution to this sort of problems for a while. At first…
I have found my Raspberry Pi running the root file system off a USB flash drive in no good state this morning, the following error showing up on emoncms that was installed locally: Can’t connect to database, please verify credentials/configuration in…
I use emoncms to log telemetry readings from various sources (wireless sensor nodes, software bots etc), the so logged data helps my IoT connected gadgets make decisions, based on pre-defined rules. For example, my heat pump monitors outside weather conditions (temperature,…
I have always wanted to connect my remote RFM12B -based nodes to the Internet, I have finally managed to do so. It was relatively easy, based on the excellent work of Adam Neilsen with his SerialIP library SerialIP is a port…
Glyn Hudson and I have been working on a new RFM2Pi board revision, nothing revolutionary, just a small upgrade. The most important features of the board are: Atmega328 based, has more memory and hardware serial support Runs on the internal…