Software Defined Block Detector (Video#46)

After some weeks of focusing on making the IoTT Stick ready and available in the Tindie shop, it was time to pick up some loose ends from previous videos and have some fun building stuff. In this video I use a TF Mini plus Lidar to make a software defined sensor device and start looking into various concepts for layout automation.

Tindie shop IoTT page: https://www.tindie.com/stores/tanner87661/ IoTT main page: https://myiott.org/

Github page for Arduino Sketch: https://github.com/tanner87661/IoTT-Video46

Github page for TF Mini plus library for Arduino: https://github.com/budryerson/TFMini-Plus TF Mini plus: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15179

0:00 Start 0:36 Loose ends 3:22 Video idea 4:05 Layout concept 5:34 Hardware elements 7:30 Relay board connection and testing 10:06 LocoNet Interface connection and testing 12:13 TF Mini Plus connection and testing 13:30 Servo connection and testing 14:50 Servo with PCA9685 connection and testing 15:39 Overall measuring process 16:34 Integration Sketch 23:20 Test layout loop 24:10 Test layout operation video clips 28:20 Problems 30:16 Summary ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhr0wP0R7Rc