RSSiPotti™ Released!
Mar 03
Electronics, Mac OS X, Objective-C/Apple Development, Programming/Computer, Projects ambient light, arm, atmel Sam7, ethernet, mac, make controller, objective-c, sensor, temt6000, udp 20 Comments
iPotti™ 1.2 bathroom status device
So, we have this issue at the office with our single-person bathrooms. We have one “m” bathroom and one “w” bathroom. We have 40+ people in the office. Many people who sit out-of-sight from the bathrooms often walk all the way across our office only to find out that someone else has beaten them to the potti.
To solve this problem, I took a Make Controller from MakingThings.com, wired a couple of Vishay TEMT6000 ambient light sensors (photo transistors) to it, then wrote a Mac desktop app to sit in the status bar to show everyone the status of the pottis. I call it, “iPotti™” and it works awesome!
