The point of this project is to view and automatically control all of the 12v gadgets in my camper with no wires and the least amount of juice possible from my laptop and Droid anywhere with my voice and Arduino. i am off grid with 255watts of solar panels charging 9 absorbed glass mat 12V batteries. so im limited to only 12V. although i do have a 1500/3000watt pure sine wave inverter that only spits out 600watts. i will edit this first post with the parts we will need. Feel free to post your ideas, opinions and apps. To start off we will use my Arduino Mega 2560.
We will buy and stack this Arduino WiFi Shield on top.
And then we will buy and stack this Arduino BT on top of that.
we will want to know my water level. and go with a SeeLevel II tank sensor strip from Holding Tanks Solution - Garnet Instruments
voltage sensor to read my water level sensor. Geez
Bluetooth Digital Baby Thermometer for Android Devices. $31
Great for wrapping around tanks or pipes outside. but requires charging every 2 days. so we might have to hardwire it to the arduino. maybe train it to turn on a light to warm that area up. or we might not buy this at all.
i have this to power the Arduino Mega 2560. i will convert my 12v to 9v.
we might need these.
i have 2 of these Waterproof Digital Temperature Sensor Thermal Probe DS18B20
EasyVR Shield - Voice Recognition Shield EasyVR 3 Plus Shield for Arduino - COM-15453 - SparkFun Electronics
i have two 20kg load sensors
i want to see my battery bank voltage and amps being used.
i want to see the temperature inside and control that with my voice.
i want to see the temperature outside the camper rv.
i want to see my amount of propane in my two 20pd propane tanks. but that is impossible.
i want to turn on and off any light in camper by saying "Arduino, turn on light #".
Sensordrone sounds amazing but this is not available to buy yet. http://www.sensorcon.com/sensordrone/
i will talk to my camper with this software http://www.bitsophia.com
but i will need several (8-10) microphones spread out evenly. but i dont want any wires!
and then i have to write the javascript/sketch/library/droid-app/code/thingy
i then can finally sit down and never have to get up. ] ]:)(evil laugh) ] ]