I have created this page as a place to add links to sites of interest to the group.
Post any suggestions over here

Official Sites

http://homecamp.org.uk Main HomeCamp site, added for completeness.

Official Ustream Channel for Homecamp. Video Recordings from previous Homecamp's


Member Sites that include Homecamp Stuff

http://bit.ly/HomecampGNews After finding the Homecamp Google News Page URL impossible to remember, I created this shortURL for it.  (added by MikeTheBee 15Dec2009)

HCpodcast.mevio.com MikeTheBee's series of Audio Shows discussing HomeCamp news. (added by MikeTheBee 21Dec2009)

www.ustream.tv/ccmehil Ustream'er including the recording with Chris Dalby on this Show interview starts at 7mins

http://benjaminellis.org Bejamin is a bright and interesting Homecamper and more.

http://cminion.com Chris Phillips 'home of the ducks' and much more

http://openenergymonitor.blogspot.com/ Trystan Lea's blog with details of DIY energy monitor and more. Also http://openenergymonitor.org (added by MikeTheBee 19Feb2010)

Google PowerMeter Links

Highlights from the thread at: Google API Thread

Ben guided us with this:

However, it seems its quite easy to end up looking at the wrong API and
getting very confused. The correct one is here:

http://code.google.com/apis/powermeter/docs/getting_started.html

and the process of getting the key is described here:

http://code.google.com/apis/powermeter/docs/powermeter_device_activat...

Toby provided this summary:

OK, what you need to do to get started with Powermeter is to

a) log into google with your standard google account
b) construct a url looking like this:
https://www.google.com/powermeter/device/activate?mfg=MMM&model=PPP&d...

you'll need to add in your relevant details (eg manufacturer, model,
location etc), according to the "Parameter details" section of:
http://code.google.com/apis/powermeter/docs/powermeter_device_activat...

if you get this right, then you'll be presented with a page in which
you confirm your details, and you'll then get your "authSub" token
which you use to submit your data with still quite a bit to do




Product Suppliers


RFID UK Supplier http://www.therfidshop.com/ (added MikeTheBee 08Jul2010)

http://www.flukso.net/about  Flukso is an open source web-based community metering application.

http://www.greenenergyoptions.co.uk: Green Energy Options has a line of energy monitors for homes, schools, and businesses.
http://currentcost.com : CurrentCost main site
http://www.ceesquared.com/ :CurrentCost Blog with Hints and Tips.

www.flashwear.com electroluminescent panels in T-Shirt and wall displays (added 15dec2009)

www.rapidonline.com/ UK supplier of hardware, components, and microprocessors. (added 15dec2009)

http://www.arduino.cc/   Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform
http://www.arduinolive.com/ Vimeo videos of Arduino applications, you can also embed individual videos on your website. (added 09aug2009)
www.pogoplug.com/ I'm Not sure about availability outside the US, but this is an interesting compact, low power, ARM processor based server. The link below talks about hacking it.
http://www.pogoplugged.com/article/11798/How-To-Install-OpenPogo-On-Your-Pogoplug-Harness-The-Power-of-Linux-Apps/

http://www.homeeasy.eu Home Easy products, mentioned by Ross Dargan (added 25jan2010)

www.conrad-uk.com Supplier Link suggested by Ken Boak. Conrad sell a wide range of products of interest to HC'rs They make their own Wireless heating controls and TRV's running a 868.35Mhz (added by MikeTheBee 21Dec2009)

www.nuelectronics.com A similar product range to the Arduino - suggested by Ken Boak.(added by MikeTheBee 07Feb2010)

www.navitron.org.uk  Navitron are a supplier of Solar, Wind and Water Turbines, control gear and more. They also have a very active Forum where support is given and many member contribute pics, news and details of there own projects.

http://www.parallax.com/ US supplier of robot, sensor, microcontrollers, etc. Of interest to others for ideas and comparisons. (added by MikeTheBee 16Feb2010)

http://www.sensirion.com/ Swiss sensor manufacturer, no UK sales office. They supply liquid & gas flow sensors, humidity, temp, pressure devices.(added by MikeTheBee 16Feb2010)

http://www.decagon.com/ Instruments, data loggers and sensor units, US company, sisters are http://www.campbellsci.com and http://www.junipersys.com (added by MikeTheBee 16Feb2010)

http://www.metone.com/ A full blown instrument supplier, no pricing on site, but I feel the designs and functions could inspire HC'rs interested in environmental monitoring  (added by MikeTheBee 16Feb2010)

http://www.versatek.com/ US (CA) supplier of stuff including POE injectors.(added by MikeTheBee 16Feb2010)

http://www.orlin.co.uk/ UK agent for motion components including: Voice coil motors, Piezo actuators, Squiggle motors, Micro gearboxes and actuators,Motorised stages,Motion controllers,Manual stages,Opto-mechanics,Vibration isolation. The Squiggle and Piezo motors may be of particular use for Home Automators (added by MikeTheBee 17Feb2010)

http://www.newscaletech.com/ A manufacture of Pico and Nano sized mechanics, as supplied by above agent Orlin (added by MikeTheBee 17Feb2010)

http://esawdust.com US (CO) based Microelectronics and enclosures supplier. It would be good to find a UK supplier of similar parts.  (added by MikeTheBee 19Feb2010)

Other Links

http://code.google.com/p/currentcost/ - A place to share CurrentCost-related code

http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/ :News and Reviews about Home Automation products by Mark McColl?

http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/windgeneration/ Irish Grid Graphing Data on Wind Generation with 15 min updating, with history. The image name is unique to each update, data is available as a table, needs a bit of parsing to be usable elsewhere, (and permission I guess)

http://www.pachube.com/ - "a service that enables you to connect, tag and share real time sensor data from objects, devices, buildings and environments around the world."
http://scotland.sicamp.org/?page_id=197 Proposal for "Carbage" by  Chris Adams and James Gardner. They are looking for our support. before mid-June, pls check it out and see if you can help suppport it.

http://www.shaspa.com/ the smart interface to the most widely used industry-standard protocols to assemble real-world data from streams of different types of input to manage physical spaces.

http://meter.me.uk/ Of interest, they describe the site as " After  Current Cost released their new  CC128 home energy monitor it emerged that a lot of people are monitoring their electricity usage in just as many ways. This website should act as a landing page from where you’ll find more information on how to monitor your home, with guides, scripts and software."

http://www.electricity-monitor.com A Monitor news and reviews site.

http://www.plugcomputer.org The Plug Computer support group, This device should be of interest to Homecampers,  A low-cost, Very SFF computer.

www.CambridgeConsultants.com/umi A new standard protocol for smart meters (added 26oct2009 MikeTheBee)

http://www.google.com/powermeter
Google power data collection tool, now available in UK (added 28oct2009)

http://electricitymonitorblog.com : A wireless electricity monitor displays  in real time how much electrical energy your household usages in dollars and cents and kilowatt. Studies have proved the usage of energy saving info in real-time energy yields ten to twenty percent.

http://decc.gov.uk/  Seems theOffice of Climate Change( http://www.occ.gov.uk/ ) is merging to becomethe "Department of Energy and Climate Change". There are a lot of useful PDF's about smart meters and grids etc. [added 02dec2009]

lprs.co.uk  radio modules used by and suggested by Andy Stanford-Clark



robokitsworld.com India supplier of parts and controllers for PC/hardware control. (added 14dec2009) If anyone is buying from this company then let us know, quantity discounts are available and we may be able to group buy..

www.aaroncake.net Home Automation, parallel port control and other circuits (added 15dec2009)


davehillier.wordpress.com/ USB and Arduino hacks, including code and instructions.  (added 15dec2009)

www.justblair.co.uk Another example of LED lamp control via USB without Arduino. The site is mostly audio hacks, but this page is more HC (added 15dec2009)

The IET Knowledge Network The Institution of Engineering and Technology - climate change and other news.

processing.org Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. Now available for Android  android.processing.org/ (added 15dec2009)

http://openenergymonitor.org a project to develop and build open source energy monitoring and analysis tools for energy efficiency and distributed renewable microgeneration.

hackerspaces.org/ Community Link suggested by Ken Boak. They are community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects. There are some listed as in the UK, status varies, check out the list at List_of_Hacker_Spaces (added by MikeTheBee 21Dec2009)

Folding UK Plug and other bright idea's Solar Flytrap, Folding UK plug, and other ideas from Minkyu.co.uk (added MikeTheBee 28Dec2009)

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/WhatPeopleAreReallyUsingTheirSlugsFor mentioned by Ross Dargan (added 25jan2010)

http://ccsl.mae.cornell.edu/eureqa Eureqa is a software tool for detecting equations and hidden mathematical relationships in your data. Its primary goal is to identify the simplest mathematical formulas which could describe the underlying mechanisms that produced the data. Eureqa is free to download and use. (added by MikeTheBee 16Feb2010 inspired by Jakub)

www.csiro.au Australian FLECK nano Sensor research. Haven't found them for sale yet, although the site implies they should be. These miniature sensors would be ideal for an HC network.

http://www.tinyos.net/ TinyOS is an open-source operating system designed for wireless embedded sensor networks.



PhotoFrame Hack Links
VIDEO TESTBILDGENERATOR Hardware instructions and circuit diagram (suggested by Ken Boak, added by MikeTheBee 02Jan2010)

http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1166667354/0 Forum post from 2006, shows longevity of the web and 'nothing is new' It discusses using the Arduino for video output (suggested by Ken Boak, added by MikeTheBee 02Jan2010)

Other Sites for Green Info

www.builditsolar.com   USA focused Solar Heating DIY and more similar stuff (added by MikeTheBee 08Feb2010)

www.amee.com As presented by @agentGav at Homecamp the site provides help, info and calculators for Carbon Footprint Mgmt (added by MikeTheBee 08Feb2010)

http://realtimecarbon.org/ Data and graphs showing current carbon value of a KWh based on generation mix.

http://www.energycircle.com This site has lots of links and news relating to energy saving technology (added by MikeTheBee 19Feb2010)