PiBox » Iron Man

h1. Hardware Links

* "Raspberry Pi":http://www.raspberrypi.org

* CHiP

* [[ESP8266]]

** "ESP Open SDK":https://github.com/pfalcon/esp-open-sdk - open source SDK for ESP8266

** ""NodeMCU":https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware - lua based firmware for MCU like ESP8266

*** This has links to "esptool":https://github.com/themadinventor/esptool for flashing firmware to device

** "ESPlorer":https://github.com/4refr0nt/ESPlorer is a Java IDE for the ESP8266

** "Arduino core for ESP8266":https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino - look under doc for libraries, etc.

** "ESP8266 Arduino forum":http://www.esp8266.com/viewforum.php?f=25

** "Loading Firmware":http://www.esp8266.com/wiki/doku.php?id=loading_firmware

** "Getting Started":http://www.esp8266.com/wiki/doku.php?id=getting-started-with-the-esp8266

** "Getting Started":http://rancidbacon.com/files/kiwicon8/ESP8266_WiFi_Module_Quick_Start_Guide_v_1.0.4.pdf pdf (different version)

** "AT Commands":https://room-15.github.io/blog/2015/03/26/esp8266-at-command-reference/

*** "Get MAC address":https://room-15.github.io/blog/2015/03/26/esp8266-at-command-reference/#AT+CIPSTAMAC

** "Wifi Serial Programmer":http://www.aliexpress.com/item/ESP8266-serial-WIFI-Witty-cloud-Development-Board-ESP-12F-module-MINI-nodemcu/32569199462.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.2.ktKerQ&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_6,searchweb201644_2_505_506_503_504_502_10014_10001_10002_10017_10010_10005_10011_10006_10003_10004_10009_10008,searchweb201560_3,searchweb1451318400_-1,searchweb1451318411_6451&btsid=7bb785c5-4c85-425b-a3cd-bdbeb3d473fc that replaces the FTDI Basic Board because the latter has weak voltage regulation.  Also consider using the ESP-12 (also called an NodeMCU when it includes the Lua code) instead, which is more forgiving with power.

** Examples

*** "One Way Chat, part 2":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRMdj3dS2hc shows how to connect basic hardware (somewhat limited) and program to run as a web server using stock programs.

*** "HTTP I/O":http://www.instructables.com/id/ESP8266-HTTP-IO-Server/ is a "library":https://github.com/jscottb/ESP8266_http_io that gives direct access to GPIO pins.  This is essentially what we'd want except it needs to be "wrapped in a security layer":http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3929 of "some kind":https://github.com/mziwisky/esp8266-dev/blob/master/esphttpd/user/auth.c.  

h1. AC Control

# TRIACs: Low cost, high current handling capability. 

# Traditional relay: moving parts, relatively low cost, very high current

# Solid State Relay: Higher cost, no moving parts. Advantage over TRIACs is that SSR can interrupt current at any point in the AC waveform. TRIACs only cut off current at the zero-crossing point.

h1. DC Control

TBC

h1. Stepper Motor Control

# TI DRV8811: Integrated FETs, up to 1.9A per coil http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/drv8811.pdf

# (Toshiba?) TB6612: Used on adafruit and other boards: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2448 Documentation/sourcing appears limited