- Problem: User needs to be able to schedule their device to turn on.
- Solution build an app using ionic to interface with a backend written in Flask to schedule events
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Step 1: Prototype using figma
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Step 2: Identify framework
- Used ionic for the easy capability to transfer to an android app in the future
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Step 3: Build the thing!
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Step 4: Revel in the glory of site being done
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- Problem: Interface between User application and PI.
- Solution: Using flask create an API to handle user data with PI data.
- Created endpoints on cloud server and used nosql via a single json file to manage user start and end times.
- Problem: Pi must control outdoor outlet via statebased relay.
- Solution: Using a Songle SRD-05VDC-SL-C and a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Utilizing python with RpI.GPIO library and the 5v GPIO signal pins from the PIZero create an IoT outlet that can be controlled by the PI.
- Large amount of hardware work required to safely implement the PI for outdoors.
- See Slideshow for a more indetail aproach on how it was physically built.