Product Ideas

Quick ideas

• Thermostat break-out board w/ WiFi
• Low-power NTP WWV transmitter
• Caller ID ring regenerator/editor
• Shower temperature/flow meter
• Lightning detector
• Rotary encoder decoder
• Electronic Load
• Parts/project database
• RDB/RDBS to USB converter
• CW Horn Sounder
• Bluetooth IR transmitter
• 1-Wire binary clock display
• Controlled battery discharger
• MediaWiki SpreadSheet

Fish tank monitor

• pH/Nitrate/Nitrite/etc
  • http://blea.ch/wiki/index.php/PH_Meter
  • http://reefprojects.com/wiki/PH_probe
  • http://code.google.com/p/phduino/
• Ethernet
• Controlled outlets
• Alarms
• Do everything Reefkeeper-2 does, and more

"Is that gas worth it?"

• Vehicles MPG
• Price-per-gallon here
• Price-per-gallon there
• Distance from here-to-there
• Number gallons needed
• Savings (calculated)

IP alarm

• Modes
  • Missing n of m (%)
  • Missing >n
  • RTT >n milliseconds
  • (combination of above)
• Primary with fallback
• Both
• Primary alarm
• Secondary alarm
• LCD w/ rotary encoder
• Target IP & subnet mask settings
• DHCP / manual config
• Status on LCD
• Status on web page
• Ping packet size / frequency
• Alarm set
• Alarm relays

Zigbee Things

• Floating caller ID module
• Door bell switches
• Water detectors

GPS Simulator

• Uses a map database, outputs NMEA positional reports based on cursor.
• Zooming, panning supported.
• Selection of messages at power up via check boxes.
• Simulation of certain brands of GPS, such as SiRF. Responds to SiRF NMEA messages.
• Binary modes may or may not be supported.
• Right click to zoom, etc, so that position doesn't change by requiring cursor to move.
• Perhaps limit rate of change, so that clicking between two points and setting a rate slowly updates.
• Selection of S/A turned on or not, and how much wander factor when sitting still.
• Altitude support with topo maps.
• Output over serial port, USB (maybe), and ethernet port (NMEA server?)