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Water Usage interface to House database

July 24th, 2010 1 comment

ClarkWaterMeterDoing an instrumentation experiment with our water consumption. Over the years I have put in a number of underground pipes, and I do the winter shutdown later and later every year. There is no meter on my well so I can’t really tell if the well pump is on or off for long periods of time. I also have no idea how much water we use.   I am  considering a computer controlled shutoff valve, or maybe a remote controlled power switch for the well pump to turn it off when there is abnormal usage. I picked up a Clark Model CLXC-20D-C-S and I am going to connect it today. I have not looked into  the details of the output signal  and how to interface it to some type of computer, something small like a Basic Stamp or maybe just get a board or USB device for one of the servers. If I were to buy a new house I would actually ask if you can get one with a built in web server with local instrumentation.

NeuroSky Bluetooth still not reliable on Mac OS

June 28th, 2010 No comments

I am still getting frequent disconnects with the NeuroSky headset on my Mac. I was looking forward to the release supporting eye blink detection.