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So, a quick update. Turns out opkg can install lcd4linux and lcdproc however lcdproc is missing the driver for my specific display. Which is sad because I was able to use the buttons on my display to navigate menus when I was using lcdproc on my desktop. Might look into compiling it on the pineapple if I can find the source. Until that happens I am looking at lcd4linux. I have yet to get any output on the lcd using it though.
I will post again when I have made more progress.
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Oh man! That is totally doable! Just need a small impeller attached to a motor, a 3-phase model aircraft motor would be most efficient I think. Then find a way to pipe into the downspout from the gutters. A small filtering and regulating circuit and then BAM! Hydro powered pineapple. :)
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does the fact that the serial power pin is 3.3 volt mean that the rx and tx pins also max at 3.3?
Well I was assuming so just to be on the safe side but it is worth looking into. Will look for some datasheets on the chipset to be sure.
jdogherman: Your right, the teensy would probably be preferable in that case.
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3.3volt
Well that may add a touch of complexity then. Will need to have a way of converting between 3.3v and 5v levels. Of course a person could do this through USB also. It's too bad the chipset on the pineapple doesn't have a spare analog to digital converter input just sitting around. :)
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That's true. Really if a person has the programmer you can do this using a pic processor. Are the serial pins on the pineapple 3.3v or 5v?
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im wondering if using 2 USB Battery Pack's from the hakshop along with a Y connector to the pineapple would fry everything or would it help.
any ideas?
The way I understand it your idea should be safe to try.
It should increase your capacity but not the voltage so I don't see any danger.
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So I just remembered I have this 4 X 20 lcd laying around that would be sweet to use for this.
Hopefully I can manage to get the buttons functioning as inputs to cycle through menu options.
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Found this link that covers the steps necessary to read voltages higher than 5 volts using an arduino.
Only thing left to do would be to modify the code to send data to the pineapple and to write a module for the pineapple to read said data.
http://www.clarenceho.net:8123/blog/articles/2009/05/17/arduino-test-voltmeter
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I have been wanting to do this for some time. My goal was to put it all inside a discrete water tight package that would be field deployed and left for a week or two. I'm sure the battery level could be easily monitored with an arduino. And of your code told it to sleep it wouldn't be much drain on the battery.
Going to do some research on that approach. Will post my results here.
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Would be a great mod for the pineapple. I can't see why it can't be done :)
You could probably use the internal serial interface instead of the USB port ;)
I had considered that. However I worry about the serial port voltage levels. I believe I read that the pineapple uses 3.3v for the serial port. Most serial lcd displays I have seen use 5v. If I am wrong, however, that would be an excellent alternative.
I just received my pineapple today so I will tear into it as soon as I get off work.
I will be sure to post any additional info I come up with.
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Hello pineapple enthusiasts!
While waiting for my pineapple to arrive I have been brainstorming for ways to add functionality to it.
The thought occured to me to connect a USB display to read the state of current operations without needing to connect via computer or other device. Combine this with a properly configured teensy with three push buttons and you can have controls to navigate menus on the display and enable/disable features on the fly without the need for anything besides the pineapple.
While researching the feasibility of this idea I came across a guy who added a lcd display and gps to a router running open-wrt.
What do you all think?
Is there any reason this wouldn't work?
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Hey, thats pretty expensive for a battery with only a 250mah capacity (are you sure that aint 2 euro?) + if it does power the pineapple, 4gb usb and the alfa it wont last long, but i doubt that would even power the pineapple its self. What i would do is get a usb battery, something like this http://www.amazon.fr/TeckNet-Dual-Port-iEP380-II-incroyable-Blackberry/dp/B0041OQFAU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1339863459&sr=8-2, your alfa should have the 2 usb's to 1 mini usb this is because, 1 usb port can only provide 500ma (or is it 500mw? some one correct me if i am wrong) and the AWUS036NHA runs at 1000mw, so it needs 2 usb ports, what i would do is have a usb to dc lead going from the usb battery to the pinapple, than get a powered usb hub, power that with your usb battery and off you go!
Just wanted to share my understanding of things. I believe one usb port from any managed device (ie, computer, usb hub, pineapple usb port, etc) is designed to give 500ma of power (but I have read there are exceptions). Also the AWUS036NHA is capable of outputting 1000mw of power to it's wifi radio. This means it could actually use a little more than that due to the power requirements of the internal components.
A nifty equation can convert the power ouput (mw) to the required amps (ma in this case). The equation is Watts/Volts=Amps. So in this example we have 1 Watt (1000mw) / 5 Volts (usb voltage) = 0.25 Amps or 250ma.
Hopefully this can help some of you when you are trying to figure up what the power requirements will be when setting up your pineapples.
Best of luck to everyone!
Pineapple Mkiv And Gps
in WiFi Pineapple Mark IV
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As far as with the current modules I don't believe it does. HOWEVER, it does seem that it is possible to read telimetrey from a gps.
This link should be able to help you with that task should you want to try it out.
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