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Show HN: Web controlled traffic light for Raspberry Pi powered by Elixir/Nerves

2 pointsby fabrik42almost 5 years ago

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fabrik42almost 5 years ago
This traffic light project exists roughly since 2011. I use this side project as a form of recreational programming and joyful overengineering.<p>The software&#x2F;hardware project has seen many stages over the years, I tried to sum them up here (taken from the Readme):<p>* Wired up to my Mac controlled by a weird combination of Kernel extensions and Java code.<p>* Connected to a Synology NAS with a self-soldered Velleman K8055 USB experimentation board.<p>* Connected to a Raspberry PI, running a Ruby script locally, node.js on the server side.<p>* Wiring mostly replaced by a custom etched circuit board - a Raspberry shield built only for the purpose of changing the traffic light (and debugging it at home without disassembling the whole traffic light).<p>* Replacement of the Raspbian&#x2F;Ruby client with Elixir and Nerves.<p>* Replacement of the node.js server with Elixir and Phoenix.<p>Happy for any feedback!