Announcing the "ST_Anything" Arduino/ThingShield Project

[ogiewon]

Jonas,

Yes, you can most likely accomplish everything you’ve mentioned using SmartThings and the ThingShield with an Arduino Mega 2560. You’ll need to extend the ST_Anything library by adding your own classes to support things like servo motors. Let me know if you need any help understanding the design on the library and supporting sensor/device classes.

If you want to try an even less expensive solution, check out one of my other projects below that shows you how to hack a Cree LED lightbulb for use with an Arduino. Note - this is a one-way communications solution - ST to the Arduino. This would be good for devices that just need to be told what to do, like a motor.

CreeRelays Project (part Cree bulb, part Arduino)

All, I was inspired by the work of @drbudro which can be found here… I decided to see if I could possibly build a generic DeviceType and Arduino Sketch that could make use of the Cree Connected Bulb’s easy-to-extract Zigbee module. By reading the dim level values into the Arduino , I was able to accurately obtain 100 discrete dim level values. These can be used by the Arduino to perform any action desired. This example implements an 8 relay controller. The Groovy Device Type code works, but does not expose all 8 relays as separate virtual devices (which is always the 1st question people love to ask! ). Also, this is essentially a one-way communication device. SmartThings can command any one of the relays to be on at any given time, but the Arduino cannot send any da…

Have fun with your project!