Tag: Technology
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Monitoring and Message Bus Redesign
Warning. More nerd stuff coming up. A year ago I started monitoring various parts of the campervan using a Raspberry Pi, ESP32 microcontrollers, and the cloud based Blynk IoT framework. A short time later I added a Nextion touchscreen display: Every Camper needs a Message Bus 😀 – Michael Janke IoT – Dumb Camper gets…
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It was supposed to be simple
I have three USB-power devices stuck to my dash or windshield – a Garmin nav, an old phone I use as an OBD-II dashboard, and a dash cam. We also sometimes need to charge our cell phones while driving. Three plus two = five USB power cords hanging off two lighter sockets, both down by…
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Electrical Redesign – More Battery
As of the last revision of my camper’s electrical system, I had two battery banks with the ability to charge both and switch between them as needed. Under normal use, the AGM battery bank would barely last one night, and only if it were fully charged late in the afternoon. To balance the utilization between…
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IoT – Dumb Camper gets Smart(er)
I’ve made progress on the information screen that I want to incorporate into the camper. As hinted at in the message bus post, I’m using a 7″ Nextion display and an ESP32 to create a touch screen interface into the temperature and electrical data that I’ve been gathering on the camper and uploading to the…
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Every Camper needs a Message Bus 😀
It’s been months since my last post. Life happens – and when it does, travel and blog posts get deprioritized. Not for long though – we’re getting ready for another road trip. In the meantime, I’ve been messing around with a couple of technology-related projects. The first is a new version of my refrigerator fan…
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