https://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/tags/raspberry-pi/Recent content in Raspberry Pi on The Lone C++ Coder's BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenSat, 21 Jun 2014 21:23:51 +0000https://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2014/06/21/the-latest-project-improving-the-homes-sprinkler-system-part-i-of-probably-a-lot/Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:23:51 +0000Timo Geuschhttps://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2014/06/21/the-latest-project-improving-the-homes-sprinkler-system-part-i-of-probably-a-lot/<p>I normally don&rsquo;t play much with hardware, mainly because there isn&rsquo;t/wasn&rsquo;t much I want to do that tends to require hardware that&rsquo;s not a regular PC or maybe a phone or tablet. This one is different, because no self-respecting geek would want the usual rotary control &ldquo;programmable&rdquo; timer to run their sprinkler system, would they?</p> <p>We do live at the edge of the desert and we have pretty strict watering restrictions here. I&rsquo;m all for it - water being a finite resource and all that - and I want to improve our existing sprinkler system at the same time. It doesn&rsquo;t help that the people who set up the sprinklers were probably among the lower bidders, to put it politely. OK, to be blunt they seem to have failed the &ldquo;giving a shit&rdquo; test when they put the system together. I&rsquo;ve spent a lot of  last year&rsquo;s &ldquo;gardening hours&rdquo; just trying to make it work somewhat. Not well, just &ldquo;somewhat&rdquo;. Time to fix that.</p>