[OpenTRV-dev] 'The' OpenTRV valve body.

Stuart Poulton stuart at poulton.org.uk
Wed May 20 20:49:08 BST 2015


Looking good.
Probably got some more questions once I’ve digested the schematics in detail

Cheers 

Stuart

On 20 May 2015, at 11:24, Damon Hart-Davis <dhd at exnet.com> wrote:

> Hi Stuart,
> 
>> On 20 May 2015, at 07:40, Stuart Poulton <stuart at poulton.org.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Damon,
>> 
>> Are you able to give any more details about the upcoming OpenTRV valve, for example.
>> 
>> * Size
> 
> Please look at the files in the SF repo under Arduino/V0p2_Main_PCB_REV7_DORM1_and_REV8.
> 
> There are schematics and STL of the valve.  I can measure our visual prototype for you!  It’s bigger than we’d like but the next round of production engineering will be about cost, size and looks.
> 
>> * Expected Battery Life
> 
> Still assuming 1Y with NiMH hybrid AAs (essentially limited by self-discharge) or 2Y with alkaline AAs.  Bo has figures that suggest 1Y with alkaline AAAs which would line up with those.
> 
>> * Firmware Update Mechanism
> 
> REV7/REV8 have the I2CEXT connector (well, with a slight tweak) for bootloading the AVR and further updates can be done over serial if required.
> 
>> * On board sensors
> 
> Ambient light, temp, RH%, plus of course the manual controls.
> 
>> Is there any code available that we can get our hands on to look at operational improvements, and contribute some feedback.
> 
> There is still not a lot of REV7-specific code in there since I need a functional device in hand to finish it, but that will mainly be motor driver.  There are various snapshots near the head with various improvements.  I can discuss those with you.
> 
> BTW, we’re happy to pop a REV7 board in the post to you when we have a batch in for you to prod and poke and comment on!
> 
> Rgds
> 
> Damon
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