I realise this is a very late comment but just wanted to say I find your videos really useful. I just wish the IOTT Stick was readily available in Europe 🙂
Thank you. You can always order an M5 Stick from Amazon and load the IoTT software from the Github page. The various hat devices are a different story, though. You would have to order them from Tindie, shipped from the US.
Being very much DIY on a retirement budget, keeping the whole concept open source and available on github has me on board the next train to leave the station :-)
This looks like a place to start. I'm working on a onboard battery charge system for Arduino esp32 now. Hopefully it would just plug into one of these iott on the USB port.
The Stick can receive 5V for recharging the battery either via USB or the 5Vin pin on the hat connector. It has an internal BMS to control charging current and low voltage cutoff. Furthermore, it has the battery plus on the hat connector, so you can add an external small LiIon 3.7V battery and it will be managed by the built-in BMS. So, yes, the Stick is a very good option for train-side devices such as my measuring car sensor.
I am currently using DCC++, and I would like to have a less expensive loconet connection as I have a Digitrax throttle and I would like to connect it to the system, and I like the introduction to the yellow box to do sensor inputs. Thank you for your videos.
Thanks for your comments. Connecting a Digitrax throttle to anything else than a Digitrax command station is a little tricky as it has relatively tight constraints regarding message timing. There is a DCC++ version for the ESP32 that has a LocoNet interface. Did you try it?
Hello again, I'm om starting to feel like the dummy in the back of the class. where I am so far When I first got the IOTT Stick and purple hat , I had it set up and working. Then it sat in a box for a while. During that time I changed my home wifi. I have since gotten the IOTT Stick to recognize the new router. I updated to version 1.6.4 When I go to the IP address (192.168.40.198) all I see is the IOTT Icon, no setup page. I was able to roll back to 1.5.2 but no different. I have tried to find a browser setting that might be preventing the page from showing but could not, I have tried with both Edge and Chrome OK, disregard it, I installed Firefox and it seems to be working.
The IoTT Stick talks LocoNet, so that is not a problem. If you use light signals you may check out the possibilities of the BlueHat. For semaphore signals the GreenHat will be an interesting option when it becomes available. Also, using the IoTT Stick to build a gateway and use the Smart Phone LocoNet Viewer will work with your LocoNet system.
Hi, if I want to build a control panel with push buttons and led’s using the M5stickC, would I have to have 2 loconet interfaces, 1 hat for led’s and 1 hat for push buttons and 2 M5StickC ? Or should I use 1 ESP32 with more I/O ?
The YellowHat has 32 inputs for buttons and the LED chain can drive up to 525 LED's. If your panel has more than that, you can add a second Stick/YellowHat. Or if the limitation is just the number of LED's, a Stick with BlueHat. For communication, you then either connect both Sticks using a LocoNet interface for each, or you use Wifi with MQTT by making one of the Sticks your LocoNet to MQTT gateway and on the other you use LocoNet over MQTT. Of course that solution requires a Wifi Network with an MQTT broker. But if you plan to have more Stick devices in the future, it is very cost effective as you do not need any more LocoNet interfaces.
Yes, each hat needs a Stick. That's where the software is located. Hat's can't work without Stick. But then, the Stick can deal with all types of hats and communication modules as it is configurable.
I realise this is a very late comment but just wanted to say I find your videos really useful. I just wish the IOTT Stick was readily available in Europe 🙂
Thank you. You can always order an M5 Stick from Amazon and load the IoTT software from the Github page. The various hat devices are a different story, though. You would have to order them from Tindie, shipped from the US.
@@IoTT Thank you. I’ll get an M5 from Amazon 😀 I’ll also look at ordering the hats though the postage to the UK is high.
Being very much DIY on a retirement budget, keeping the whole concept open source and available on github has me on board the next train to leave the station :-)
You were right, this is exciting news! Really looking forward to the release of your new products.
Great idea.
Can't wait to see what's next.
More to come!
This looks like a place to start. I'm working on a onboard battery charge system for Arduino esp32 now. Hopefully it would just plug into one of these iott on the USB port.
The Stick can receive 5V for recharging the battery either via USB or the 5Vin pin on the hat connector. It has an internal BMS to control charging current and low voltage cutoff. Furthermore, it has the battery plus on the hat connector, so you can add an external small LiIon 3.7V battery and it will be managed by the built-in BMS. So, yes, the Stick is a very good option for train-side devices such as my measuring car sensor.
I look forward to an actual demonstration of each Hat module. Putting them through their paces.
actually, me too ;-) Should come out step by step.
I am currently using DCC++, and I would like to have a less expensive loconet connection as I have a Digitrax throttle and I would like to connect it to the system, and I like the introduction to the yellow box to do sensor inputs. Thank you for your videos.
Thanks for your comments. Connecting a Digitrax throttle to anything else than a Digitrax command station is a little tricky as it has relatively tight constraints regarding message timing. There is a DCC++ version for the ESP32 that has a LocoNet interface. Did you try it?
If you need help on the OpenLCB piece, let me know. I maintain the ESP32 portion of OpenMRN (and OpenMRNLite available in the Arduino library manager)
Hello again, I'm om starting to feel like the dummy in the back of the class.
where I am so far
When I first got the IOTT Stick and purple hat , I had it set up and working.
Then it sat in a box for a while. During that time I changed my home wifi. I have since gotten the IOTT Stick to recognize the new router.
I updated to version 1.6.4
When I go to the IP address (192.168.40.198) all I see is the IOTT Icon, no setup page.
I was able to roll back to 1.5.2 but no different.
I have tried to find a browser setting that might be preventing the page from showing but could not, I have tried with both Edge and Chrome
OK, disregard it, I installed Firefox and it seems to be working.
Very interesting. I am using loconet with in TrainController software. Will I be able to integrate this in with signaling?
The IoTT Stick talks LocoNet, so that is not a problem. If you use light signals you may check out the possibilities of the BlueHat. For semaphore signals the GreenHat will be an interesting option when it becomes available. Also, using the IoTT Stick to build a gateway and use the Smart Phone LocoNet Viewer will work with your LocoNet system.
Hi, if I want to build a control panel with push buttons and led’s using the M5stickC, would I have to have 2 loconet interfaces, 1 hat for led’s and 1 hat for push buttons and 2 M5StickC ? Or should I use 1 ESP32 with more I/O ?
The YellowHat has 32 inputs for buttons and the LED chain can drive up to 525 LED's. If your panel has more than that, you can add a second Stick/YellowHat. Or if the limitation is just the number of LED's, a Stick with BlueHat.
For communication, you then either connect both Sticks using a LocoNet interface for each, or you use Wifi with MQTT by making one of the Sticks your LocoNet to MQTT gateway and on the other you use LocoNet over MQTT. Of course that solution requires a Wifi Network with an MQTT broker. But if you plan to have more Stick devices in the future, it is very cost effective as you do not need any more LocoNet interfaces.
IoTT ok, a great explanation. If my panel is less then 32 inputs and less then 525 led’s I still need a stick for each hat, right ?
Yes, each hat needs a Stick. That's where the software is located. Hat's can't work without Stick. But then, the Stick can deal with all types of hats and communication modules as it is configurable.
How can I order these products
Thanks for asking. I am still in the process of setting up every thing. Coming soon, now that I have finally something I think is sellable ;-)