Well, after a year of service, thousands of miles, and a full fall, winter, spring, and summer, my home made Bluetooth auto-start is still trucking! It’s been really convenient as […]
BlueFruit Project: Fixed Erratic Crank Behavior
Another problem that I have run into while working with this Bluetooth auto start is an erratic crank behavior. Per the code, it should not start the crank circuit if […]
BlueFruit Project: Low voltage safety
Having tested out the Bluetooth auto start for a little while through regular use, I came to an interesting conundrum. What should the auto start do if the voltage is […]
Bluetooth Breakdown: Sending gatttool commands from my Ubuntu Touch Phone!
Here I am, typing commands from my phone and controlling a Bluetooth Feather! Of course, the moment of truth! The goal of this whole Bluetooth breakdown project was to figure […]
Bluetooth Breakdown: Sending my own commands with gatttool
Yes, there is purposely one too many t’s in GattTool. Last time we looked at the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) packets being sent from my Android app to my home […]
BlueFruit Project: Extend the antenna range!
One of the issues that I have with my home made auto start is range. Obviously, Bluetooth Low Energy is only supposed to travel about 35 feet, when it is […]
BlueFruit autostart was a success!
After several series of bench tests, I was finally ready to make the plunge and install my home made autostart into my truck. The vehicle in question is a 1993 […]
BlueFruit Project: All boxed in!
Spent a little bit of time with a soldering iron. I put my project into a box, wired in all of the relays, and ran several feet of wire […]
BlueFruit Project: Added kill on too many start attempts
One of the perks of bench testing your newfangled autostart project is that you can start to see patterns of use that may lead to trouble. The other is that […]
BlueFruit Project: Stage 1 Relays!
Blinking lights! Yes, the first prototype of the first stage relay setup for my home made autostart is assembled. As you know, a small 3 to 5 vdc BlueFruit Feather […]