On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 6:48 AM, EBo <e...@sandien.com> wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:44:09 -0700, David Leimbach wrote: > >> I was outside watering plants this morning that seem to be proof of my >> "not-so-green thumb" I have for gardening and was thinking of an >> interesting >> home-automation use for Plan 9. >> > > take a look at styx-on-a-brick. Once you have the basic devices working, > actuating a relay/pump should be straight forward. > > EBo -- > > I figured I'd need some kind of microcontroller for the pump and sensors. Maybe this is a Plan 9 managed, microcontroller project?
Then the styx-on-a-brick example seems a great starting point for getting the query status, execute action interface. I plan for this to be a long term, here and there geeky-dad project I can share with my daughter :-) (She's only 3 but I think she already has mastered the iPad) Dave
