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Each scout is basically an egg timer, you flip it upside down and the NeoPixel strip represents a countdown. Once the countdown is started, the other player must flip their scout over to start the countdown in the other direction. Gameplay takes place over a long period of time, the looser doesn\u0026rsquo;t need to play their move immediately, so the winner doesn\u0026rsquo;t know when they may have to flip theirs again!\u003c/p\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003eSo. Sitting on the “can”, and I just came up with a cool game idea!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 scouts, each with a small NeoPixel strip, and a gyro inside a small box. Each scout is basically an egg timer, you flip it upside down and the NeoPixel strip represents a countdown. Once the countdown is started, the other player must flip their scout over to start the countdown in the other direction. Gameplay takes place over a long period of time, the looser doesn’t need to play their move immediately, so the winner doesn’t know when they may have to flip theirs again!\u003c/p\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2014-07-01T12:43:02Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"},{"id":"1c9e8a1339a8f8b797767e91a9673016","name":"Game","slug":"game"},{"id":"261e5d05408565a56b2859d32323a8e8","name":"Neopixel","slug":"neopixel"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"b8ab43c01ed6336ca96a01aac05e5c63","siteId":"projectable","slug":"30w-rgb-led-a-few-weeks-ago-i-ordered-4-30w-rgb","title":"30W RGB LED","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e30W RGB LED. A few weeks ago i ordered 4 30W RGB LEDS and drivers. They arrived today, and they are HUGE! Here is a size comparison against a Pinoccio Scout and my business card.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://67.media.tumblr.com/502e87da72ca3a409a361d7ea5a7c500/tumblr_mmw9pzLR581rgpsuzo1_1280.jpg\"\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e30W RGB LED. A few weeks ago i ordered 4 30W RGB LEDS and drivers. They arrived today, and they are HUGE! Here is a size comparison against a Pinoccio Scout and my business card.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://67.media.tumblr.com/502e87da72ca3a409a361d7ea5a7c500/tumblr_mmw9pzLR581rgpsuzo1_1280.jpg\"\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2013-05-16T14:03:35Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"2e01ade8e1326ef9eb4cabafb484592b","name":"Arduino","slug":"arduino"},{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"5c1f411dd975ec75e2d3934b35a88db5","siteId":"projectable","slug":"scout6050-i-was-asked-to-put-together-a-quick","title":"Scout6050","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" id=\"youtube_iframe\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uz7frfLc3tM?feature=oembed\u0026amp;enablejsapi=1\u0026amp;origin=http://safe.txmblr.com\u0026amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" id=\"youtube_iframe\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uz7frfLc3tM?feature=oembed\u0026amp;enablejsapi=1\u0026amp;origin=http://safe.txmblr.com\u0026amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2013-04-23T20:09:03Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"4d0f30c1e34724ec3335970725b922ad","siteId":"projectable","slug":"scout6050-update-tonight-i-cleaned-up-the-audio","title":"Scout6050 update","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScout6050 update. \u003c/strong\u003eTonight I cleaned up the audio engine stuff, added back pan and volume control. I also added in an oscillascope view! Thanks \u003ca href=\"http://stuartmemo.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStuart Memo\u003c/a\u003e for \u003ca href=\"http://stuartmemo.com/wavy-jones/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWavy Jones\u003c/a\u003e, made this super easy!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCode can be found at \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/dchote/scout6050\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps://github.com/dchote/scout6050\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://66.media.tumblr.com/4df04e5ae2fcb610d7a6affef1246e07/tumblr_mlmu6o327x1rgpsuzo1_1280.png\"\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScout6050 update. \u003c/strong\u003eTonight I cleaned up the audio engine stuff, added back pan and volume control. I also added in an oscillascope view! Thanks \u003ca href=\"http://stuartmemo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eStuart Memo\u003c/a\u003e for \u003ca href=\"http://stuartmemo.com/wavy-jones/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWavy Jones\u003c/a\u003e, made this super easy!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCode can be found at \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/dchote/scout6050\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://github.com/dchote/scout6050\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://66.media.tumblr.com/4df04e5ae2fcb610d7a6affef1246e07/tumblr_mlmu6o327x1rgpsuzo1_1280.png\"\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2013-04-22T01:16:00Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"269cfa881f66af99c8cd0b232d72d301","siteId":"projectable","slug":"scout6050-a-combination-of-pinoccio-mpu6050","title":"Scout6050 a combination of Pinoccio and audio","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScout6050\u003c/strong\u003e a combination of \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e, MPU6050 Gyro+Accelerometer, MQTT (PubSub system), lighthttpd+websocket+mqtt bridge and HTML5, Javascript + HTML5 Audio!!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePremise is simple\u0026hellip; It\u0026rsquo;s a wifi connected theramin! Yaw controls pitch, roll controls volume\u0026hellip; It\u0026rsquo;s a work in progress but a working one! I am fully impressed in the speed of Mosquitto (the mqtt daemon im using). Latency from the pinoccio, over wifi, through the mqtt daemon, through lighthttpd\u0026rsquo;s websocket broker over my LAN to my browser then decoded via json and rendered is MINIMAL\u0026hellip; Infact, its so quick and precise it seems like its actually creating the tone itself, even tho my computer is.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have a git repo up of my sketch here: \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/dchote/scout6050\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps://github.com/dchote/scout6050\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip; Mosquitto can be found at \u003ca href=\"http://mosquitto.org\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://mosquitto.org\u003c/a\u003e, and of course Pinoccio can be found at \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://pinocc.io\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://66.media.tumblr.com/a2b0b301d4873f42964631a711823d85/tumblr_mlja27ojAT1rgpsuzo1_1280.png\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://67.media.tumblr.com/aa2d8389ef75c80fbaffa24f3fd3e48f/tumblr_mlja27ojAT1rgpsuzo2_1280.png\"\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScout6050\u003c/strong\u003e a combination of \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e, MPU6050 Gyro+Accelerometer, MQTT (PubSub system), lighthttpd+websocket+mqtt bridge and HTML5, Javascript + HTML5 Audio!!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePremise is simple… It’s a wifi connected theramin! Yaw controls pitch, roll controls volume… It’s a work in progress but a working one! I am fully impressed in the speed of Mosquitto (the mqtt daemon im using). Latency from the pinoccio, over wifi, through the mqtt daemon, through lighthttpd’s websocket broker over my LAN to my browser then decoded via json and rendered is MINIMAL… Infact, its so quick and precise it seems like its actually creating the tone itself, even tho my computer is.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have a git repo up of my sketch here: \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/dchote/scout6050\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://github.com/dchote/scout6050\u003c/a\u003e… Mosquitto can be found at \u003ca href=\"http://mosquitto.org\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttp://mosquitto.org\u003c/a\u003e, and of course Pinoccio can be found at \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttp://pinocc.io\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://66.media.tumblr.com/a2b0b301d4873f42964631a711823d85/tumblr_mlja27ojAT1rgpsuzo1_1280.png\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://67.media.tumblr.com/aa2d8389ef75c80fbaffa24f3fd3e48f/tumblr_mlja27ojAT1rgpsuzo2_1280.png\"\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2013-04-20T03:08:00Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"a0d19e1edc875a69c1a473677bf6f838","siteId":"projectable","slug":"gopinoccio-mpu6050-project-i-am-currently","title":"@goPinoccio MPU6050 project","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e@go\u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e MPU6050 project. \u003c/strong\u003eI am currently putting together a basic 3-Axis streaming sketch that will eventually feed 3-Axis data to the browser via a web socket. My goal is to create an accelerometer enabled musical instrument entirely in javascript, using the Pinoccio mesh + gateway (to wifi) to accomplish it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSource can be found here: \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/dchote/scout6050\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps://github.com/dchote/scout6050\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://67.media.tumblr.com/4f7e96b1c56cee99a18d7f383d2d251d/tumblr_mlfi3m0eXH1rgpsuzo1_1280.png\"\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e@go\u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e MPU6050 project. \u003c/strong\u003eI am currently putting together a basic 3-Axis streaming sketch that will eventually feed 3-Axis data to the browser via a web socket. My goal is to create an accelerometer enabled musical instrument entirely in javascript, using the Pinoccio mesh + gateway (to wifi) to accomplish it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSource can be found here: \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/dchote/scout6050\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://github.com/dchote/scout6050\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://67.media.tumblr.com/4f7e96b1c56cee99a18d7f383d2d251d/tumblr_mlfi3m0eXH1rgpsuzo1_1280.png\"\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2013-04-18T02:11:00Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"2289eb3b3dfada69b787e7f3011fd00d","siteId":"projectable","slug":"pinnocio-ide-forked-from-arduino-ide-for-use-with","title":"Pinnocio IDE forked from Arduino IDE for use with Pinoccio!","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePinnocio IDE\u003c/strong\u003e forked from Arduino IDE for use with \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e! I have spent the last few lunch breaks and evenings working on what I started over the weekend. It is a fork of the Arduino 1.5 IDE, with the toolchain for \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e baked in. I am also trying to make it a lot less FUGLY, currently I am focusing on the build on OSX, making it look as native as I can, etc. Once everything is functioning as I like (and the toolchains have been built), I will work on the windows and linux builds.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinary can be found \u003ca href=\"http://cloud.chote.me/0E123G0s1q22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://65.media.tumblr.com/00a5bbf3037859665b107ffd06d987c3/tumblr_mkquq7AiYZ1rgpsuzo1_1280.png\"\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePinnocio IDE\u003c/strong\u003e forked from Arduino IDE for use with \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e! I have spent the last few lunch breaks and evenings working on what I started over the weekend. It is a fork of the Arduino 1.5 IDE, with the toolchain for \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e baked in. I am also trying to make it a lot less FUGLY, currently I am focusing on the build on OSX, making it look as native as I can, etc. Once everything is functioning as I like (and the toolchains have been built), I will work on the windows and linux builds.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinary can be found \u003ca href=\"http://cloud.chote.me/0E123G0s1q22\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://65.media.tumblr.com/00a5bbf3037859665b107ffd06d987c3/tumblr_mkquq7AiYZ1rgpsuzo1_1280.png\"\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2013-04-04T18:44:00Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"f191ad3cbcc901bf8b108f996847a7c5","siteId":"projectable","slug":"pinoccio-unboxing","title":"Pinoccio Unboxing!","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://quartzjer.tumblr.com/post/46165491766/pinoccio-unboxing\"\u003equartzjer\u003c/a\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m one of the lucky ones to be a beta tester for \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io/\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e and just got my scouts yesterday, wooo! I’ve been giddily playing with them and am madly impressed, this isn’t just about the promise of what’s possible anymore, it’s real :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s some pics of the unboxing and a little bit of what I’ve learned so far…\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://quartzjer.tumblr.com/post/46165491766/pinoccio-unboxing\"\u003eRead More\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://quartzjer.tumblr.com/post/46165491766/pinoccio-unboxing\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003equartzjer\u003c/a\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m one of the lucky ones to be a beta tester for \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePinoccio\u003c/a\u003e and just got my scouts yesterday, wooo! I’ve been giddily playing with them and am madly impressed, this isn’t just about the promise of what’s possible anymore, it’s real :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s some pics of the unboxing and a little bit of what I’ve learned so far…\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://quartzjer.tumblr.com/post/46165491766/pinoccio-unboxing\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eRead More\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2013-03-24T17:50:49Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"07cac87b4cacbe0e393452e475f45023","siteId":"projectable","slug":"my-gopinoccio-beta-kit-arrived-woo-woo","title":"My @goPinoccio beta kit arrived!!","markdown":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy @goPinoccio beta kit arrived!! woo woo\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://66.media.tumblr.com/daecfa72c74467fc2674a3fa523116fb/tumblr_mjm2fuRSgk1rgpsuzo1_1280.jpg\"\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy @goPinoccio beta kit arrived!! woo woo\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http://66.media.tumblr.com/daecfa72c74467fc2674a3fa523116fb/tumblr_mjm2fuRSgk1rgpsuzo1_1280.jpg\"\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2013-03-13T18:09:30Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},{"id":"55fdf122740b56013db877400b9b50d2","siteId":"projectable","slug":"pinoccio-awww-yeah","title":"pinocc.io awww yeah","markdown":"\u003cp\u003eJeremie hooked me up with \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io/team/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEric Jennings\u003c/a\u003e, Co-Founder of the \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epinocc.io\u003c/a\u003e project. Pinoccio is a wireless hardware development platform targeting \u0026ldquo;makers\u0026rdquo; with an arduino style wireless mesh platform. Utilizing IEEE 802.15.4 (which is the basis of Zigbee etc) they aim to create a self managing mesh network, which bridges to IP via a gateway node (using standard wifi). I am yet to geek out a little more with Eric, but I can see myself using pinocc.io as a basis of a lot of my upcoming projects. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have a LOT of devices in use at my house that would fully benefit with an overhaul to a standardized mesh.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1) Temperature and Humidity monitoring\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently I have an AKCP sensorprobe deployment for this. The sensorprobe device exports probe values via SNMP, which I then graph the values over time in Cacti, and alert on threshold events via Nagios. I have a separate disconnected weather monitor with external (outside) temperature+humidity sensor), I use this for outside weather due to the prohibitively expensive weather rated probes for the AKCP. I would like to build a more cost effective, open platform for this. The temp+humidity sensors themselves are fairly inexpensive, and it wouldn\u0026rsquo;t be too hard to build a weather hardened device. Having a single modular implementation to cover all aspects of temperature/humidity/rainfall would be awesome.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2) \u003cstrong\u003ePower usage monitoring.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have a TED5000 deployed for power usage monitoring. The TED5000 uses CT clamps for current usage and a voltage sensor to track line voltage. The TED5000 for whole house isn\u0026rsquo;t too expensive, but lacks the ability to do individual circuit monitoring easily. I would definitely improve on that.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e3) \u003cstrong\u003eGarage door control\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarage door control is something I tried with some Insteon gear, but it kinda failed. I would love to utilize door state and control remotely. Could easily be extended to become a full security system, including RFID and door strike control.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThose are just 3 of my current ideas for improving on things I already have/use regularly.\u003c/p\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003eJeremie hooked me up with \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io/team/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eEric Jennings\u003c/a\u003e, Co-Founder of the \u003ca href=\"http://pinocc.io\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003epinocc.io\u003c/a\u003e project. Pinoccio is a wireless hardware development platform targeting “makers” with an arduino style wireless mesh platform. Utilizing IEEE 802.15.4 (which is the basis of Zigbee etc) they aim to create a self managing mesh network, which bridges to IP via a gateway node (using standard wifi). I am yet to geek out a little more with Eric, but I can see myself using pinocc.io as a basis of a lot of my upcoming projects. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have a LOT of devices in use at my house that would fully benefit with an overhaul to a standardized mesh.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1) Temperature and Humidity monitoring\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently I have an AKCP sensorprobe deployment for this. The sensorprobe device exports probe values via SNMP, which I then graph the values over time in Cacti, and alert on threshold events via Nagios. I have a separate disconnected weather monitor with external (outside) temperature+humidity sensor), I use this for outside weather due to the prohibitively expensive weather rated probes for the AKCP. I would like to build a more cost effective, open platform for this. The temp+humidity sensors themselves are fairly inexpensive, and it wouldn’t be too hard to build a weather hardened device. Having a single modular implementation to cover all aspects of temperature/humidity/rainfall would be awesome.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2) \u003cstrong\u003ePower usage monitoring.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have a TED5000 deployed for power usage monitoring. The TED5000 uses CT clamps for current usage and a voltage sensor to track line voltage. The TED5000 for whole house isn’t too expensive, but lacks the ability to do individual circuit monitoring easily. I would definitely improve on that.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3) \u003cstrong\u003eGarage door control\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarage door control is something I tried with some Insteon gear, but it kinda failed. I would love to utilize door state and control remotely. Could easily be extended to become a full security system, including RFID and door strike control.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose are just 3 of my current ideas for improving on things I already have/use regularly.\u003c/p\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2012-10-15T13:18:49Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"}],"site":{"id":"projectable","theme":"projectable","title":"Daniel Chote's Project Blog","description":"Software Development, Game Development, Hardware Hacking, Sim Racing, Multi-rotors and Robots!","timezone":"America/New_York","postsPerPage":10,"logoMediaId":"21557257b3f2ecc4b3fa875b808097a7","coverMediaId":"6d7e99f0997d13aac98da38677ca7064","copyright":"© Daniel Chote","twitterUrl":"https://twitter.com/dchote","linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/dchote","googleTagId":"G-07GJBQVM38","hosts":[{"host":"new.projectable.me","canonical":false},{"host":"projectable.me","canonical":true},{"host":"www.projectable.me","canonical":false}]},"tag":{"description":"","name":"Pinnocio","slug":"pinnocio"},"tagId":"bad79ac70a78dabfd99590c1b590b839","total":10}

Pinnocio

Software Development, Game Development, Hardware Hacking, Sim Racing, Multi-rotors and Robots!

A @goPinoccio based game
So. Sitting on the “can”, and I just came up with a cool game idea! 2 scouts, each with a small NeoPixel strip, and a gyro inside a small box. Each scout is
30W RGB LED
30W RGB LED. A few weeks ago i ordered 4 30W RGB LEDS and drivers. They arrived today, and they are HUGE! Here is a size comparison against a Pinoccio Scout
Scout6050
Scout6050 update
Scout6050 update. Tonight I cleaned up the audio engine stuff, added back pan and volume control. I also added in an oscillascope view! Thanks Stuart Memo for
Scout6050 a combination of Pinoccio and audio
Scout6050 a combination of Pinoccio , MPU6050 Gyro+Accelerometer, MQTT (PubSub system), lighthttpd+websocket+mqtt bridge and HTML5, Javascript + HTML5 Audio!!
@goPinoccio MPU6050 project
@go Pinoccio MPU6050 project. I am currently putting together a basic 3-Axis streaming sketch that will eventually feed 3-Axis data to the browser via a web
Pinnocio IDE forked from Arduino IDE for use with Pinoccio!
Pinnocio IDE forked from Arduino IDE for use with Pinoccio ! I have spent the last few lunch breaks and evenings working on what I started over the weekend. It
Pinoccio Unboxing!
quartzjer : I’m one of the lucky ones to be a beta tester for Pinoccio and just got my scouts yesterday, wooo! I’ve been giddily playing with them and am madly
My @goPinoccio beta kit arrived!!
My @goPinoccio beta kit arrived!! woo woo
pinocc.io awww yeah
Jeremie hooked me up with Eric Jennings , Co-Founder of the pinocc.io project. Pinoccio is a wireless hardware development platform targeting “makers” with an