Published October 10, 2016

IoT HexSense

Sensing node for home automation.

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Robotics Innovation

Hexiwear: The Do-Anything Device!

Things used in this project

Hardware components

NXP Hexiwear

Espressif ESP8266 ESP-01

LED (generic)

Software apps and online services

ThingSpeak API

Story

IoT Hexsense is a sensor node device based on Hexiwear. Its specially designed for Home or Industrial automation.The Hexiwear comes with various sensors. All the sensors and status information are transfer to cloud. Esp8266 is the module , interfaced with Hexiwear to push the data into cloud and vice versa.

Bluetooth is optional in this project , it can be used for configuration and access/ control in offline mode.

ESP8266 uses two different channels for read and write from the cloud. The interval for cloud update is 0.07 Hz.

Thingspeak server is used here for data management in a single channel. All the sensors data and Lights status are recorded here. Also i made an android app where you can control the Lights & reads sensors (temperature , pressure & humidity) from anywhere.

I have made my own version of PCB plugin board for ESP8266 , which fits into the Hexiwear docking station. ESP8266 is connected with MK64 UART3 (PTC16 & PTC17). To control the lights (LED), two pins are taken out (PTD8 & PTD9). Nothing much changes in hardware.

Android application is based on HTTP/1.1 requests, Its user friendly and generic where anyone can use it with their own "Thingspeak" API Keys. It will be available soon in google play.

The demo video is here

for support: https://instagram.com/embeddedclub

Code

Iot Hexsense - Code

#include "main.h"

volatile uint8_t cloud_field1 = false;
volatile uint8_t cloud_field2 = false;
volatile uint8_t cloud_field3 = false;
volatile uint8_t cloud_connected = false;

uint8_t cloud_rx_enable = false;
volatile uint8_t cloud_field4[8]="00.00 C";
volatile uint8_t cloud_field5[8]="00.00 %";
volatile uint8_t cloud_field6[10]="00.00 kPa";

uint8_t cloud_rxbuffer[255];


osa_status_t CloudHostInterface_RxTaskDestroy();
osa_status_t CloudHostInterface_RxTaskCreate();
void CloudHostInterface_RxTask();
static CopyArray(uint8_t * src, uint8_t * des, uint8_t len);

void main()
{
  /** initialize the hardware */
  PE_low_level_init();

  /** disable write buffering end enable ARM exceptions */
  HEXIWEAR_EnableExceptions();

  /** initialize the startup task */
  HEXIWEAR_Init();

  /** start RTOS scheduler */
  HEXIWEAR_Start();



  while (1) {}
}




const gpio_output_pin_user_config_t Control_cfg[] = {
  {
    .pinName = Field2,
    .config.outputLogic = 0,
    .config.slewRate = kPortSlowSlewRate,
    .config.isOpenDrainEnabled = false,
    .config.driveStrength = kPortHighDriveStrength,
  },
  {
    .pinName = Field3,
    .config.outputLogic = 0,
    .config.slewRate = kPortSlowSlewRate,
    .config.isOpenDrainEnabled = false,
    .config.driveStrength = kPortHighDriveStrength,
  }

};


  Field2   = GPIO_MAKE_PIN(GPIOD_IDX, 8U);
  
  Field3   = GPIO_MAKE_PIN(GPIOD_IDX, 9U);
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  /**
 * initialize RX tasks and queues
 * @return  task initialization status
 */
osa_status_t CloudHostInterface_RxTaskCreate()
{
  osa_status_t
    status;

  status = OSA_TaskCreate (
   	                            CloudHostInterface_RxTask,
   	                            (uint8_t*)"HostInterface_RxTask",
   	                            cloudHostInterfaceRxTaskStackSize_c,
   	                            NULL,
   								cloudHostInterfaceRxPriority_c,
   	                            (task_param_t)NULL,
   	                            false,
   	                            &cloud_rx_taskHandler
   	                          );


  return (osa_status_t)status;
}

osa_status_t CloudHostInterface_RxTaskDestroy()
{

	osa_status_t
	        status = OSA_TaskDestroy( cloud_rx_taskHandler );

	    if ( kStatus_OSA_Success != status )
	    {
	        catch( CATCH_INIT );
	    }


	    return (osa_status_t)status;

}



void CloudHostInterface_RxTask(){

	uint8_t remainingbytes=0;
	volatile uint32_t rxTimes = 0;
	uint8_t i;
	while(rxTimes==0){


		        UART_DRV_ReceiveData(HEXIWEAR_DEBUG_UART_INSTANCE, cloud_rxbuffer, 200u);

		// Wait until we receive a character
			   while (kStatus_UART_RxBusy == UART_DRV_GetReceiveStatus(HEXIWEAR_DEBUG_UART_INSTANCE,&remainingbytes)){


				   OSA_TaskYield();
			   }


			   rxTimes++;

	}

	cloud_connected = false;

	cloud_CreateTasks();

	for(i=0;i<200;i++){

		if((cloud_rxbuffer[i] == 'f') && (cloud_rxbuffer[i+1] == 'i')&&  (cloud_rxbuffer[i+2] == 'e') && (cloud_rxbuffer[i+3] == 'l') && (cloud_rxbuffer[i+4] == 'd')){

			cloud_connected = true;

//http://122.166.198.246/cgi-bin/webproc
//"entry_id":3,"field1":"001","field2":null,"field3":null,"field4":null,"field5":null,"field6":null,"field7":null,"field8":null}]}
			if(cloud_rxbuffer[i+5]=='2'){


				if(cloud_rxbuffer[i+9]=='1')
					cloud_field2 = true;
				else
					cloud_field2 = false;


			}

			if(cloud_rxbuffer[i+5]=='3'){

				if(cloud_rxbuffer[i+9]=='1')
					cloud_field3 = true;
				else
					cloud_field3 = false;


			}


		}



	}


	CloudHostInterface_RxTaskDestroy();




}

/**
 * create the app task
 * @param param optional parameter
 */
void cloud_CreateTasks( )
{
    osa_status_t
        status = OSA_TaskCreate (
        						  update_CloudTask,
                                  (uint8_t *) "flashlight task",
                                  CLOUD_STACK_SIZE,
                                  NULL,
                                  CLOUD_PRIO,
                                  (task_param_t)0,
                                  false,
                                  &cloud_write_taskHandler
                                );

    if ( kStatus_OSA_Success != status )
    {
        catch( CATCH_INIT );
    }
}




/**
 * create the app task
 * @param param optional parameter
 */
void cloud_read_CreateTasks( )
{
    osa_status_t
        status = OSA_TaskCreate (
        						  read_CloudTask,
                                  (uint8_t *) "flashlight task",
                                  CLOUD_STACK_SIZE,
                                  NULL,
                                  6,
                                  (task_param_t)0,
                                  false,
                                  &cloud_read_taskHandler
                                );

    if ( kStatus_OSA_Success != status )
    {
        catch( CATCH_INIT );
    }
}


/**
 * destroy the app task
 * @param param optional parameter
 */
void cloud_DestroyTasks( )
{
    osa_status_t
        status = OSA_TaskDestroy( cloud_write_taskHandler );

    if ( kStatus_OSA_Success != status )
    {
        catch( CATCH_INIT );
    }


}


/**
 * destroy the app task
 * @param param optional parameter
 */
void cloud_read_DestroyTasks( )
{
    osa_status_t
        status = OSA_TaskDestroy( cloud_read_taskHandler );

    if ( kStatus_OSA_Success != status )
    {
        catch( CATCH_INIT );
    }


}

static CopyArray(uint8_t *src, uint8_t *des, uint8_t len){

	while(len){

		*des++ = *src++;
		len--;

	};