Since then I’ve made a small open source Python project for controlling this device and making it useful.
Someone told me he used this device as a good start for his project of smart home gadget. As a public service, I attach here some images of the device from within.
It seems like, there is some room on this board to add more LEDs or something, please tell me if you manage to figure out more details about it. If you want to use this board to connect it to some external device, you can remove the LED (it's the white square
Recently, I’ve made a compiling / building notification system at my workplace, so I would know whom to feed to the sharks, when the build fails. Here’s a picture of the system.
I’ve added the source for this system (Everything but the CuriseControl password ;) under the XP-Dev SVN project (
Please feel free to use it, and share your own projects.
BTW, the chip in this LED box is