Hi everyone! This project is quite simple but we wanted to show how easy it is to attach sensors to the mc-Modules. A couple of things that you could do to enhance this project could be:


- In an office building, you could use the light sensor to detect the light intensity and then:
   a) based on the outside light coming into the office, you could dim the office lights to save energy during the light hours of the day. when it starts to get dark, you could have the modules increase the light intensity of the office.
   b) You could also use this scenario to ensure that you are doing your best to help your employees maintain their optimal Circadian Rhythms which increases efficiency and health & wellness!

- In a greenhouse or agriculture scenario, you could be alerted and log what the light intensity is to ensure that you are in optimal growing conditions?
- Using MQTT, have the mc-Module publish to your phone when it is light or dark out?
- Using MQTT, publish when light is detected. You could have another module subscribe to that topic and when it detects 'dark' you could have it turn on a light  in your house or outside?
- Use the light sensor to log in a spreadsheet (using IFTTT) when the sun rises or sets at your house?

There are probably many more uses for this sensor and mc-Modules not to mention the countless other use-cases when it comes to other sensors and the mc-Thing platform!

We will continue to create more project videos with different sensors and scenarios to show you the incredible versatility of the mc-Things platform.
If you have any suggestions on how else you could use a light sensor with an mc-Module,, please post it in the comments!
If you have any suggestions on other videos or projects that you would like to see in a video, please let us know and we will do our best!

Hey Millennial,
can you elaborate on what you mean by 'a few "environment variables" of sorts' ?

@nttakr/Kristofferis - Hi guys!
Bulk/Batch programming - This is in the road map and we are working on this currently. This is going to be a major part of the mc-Things platform! When we are closer we will provide some further details but essentially, we plan to allow you to select batches of modules to bulk upload new programming. This will help all users to easily change the programming on multiple modules. Especially useful with large-scale mc-Module deployments!

mc-Studio - We will not be releasing the source for mc-Studio. That being said, we also want to track down any bugs! If you do find that the system is crashing, please post a screen shot of the error screen to the forum so we can address the issue. We appreciate your patience while we tighten up the software and any info you can provide while you work with the platform will be very useful.

@dale.c - To add to what mc-John wrote:

While we do have some large clients under NDA (and hence cannot disclose what they are working on), there are still potentially thousands of ways to use the mc-Things platform!

To name some off the top of my head:

- Agriculture management - Imagine a large greenhouse operation where you rotate different crops through depending on the season. You could easily setup the mc-Things platform to look at capturing temperature, humidity (by adding an additional sensor) and even soil moisture (adding an additional sensor). Imagine being able to quickly and easily see what the temperature, humidity and the soil moisture for all your crops within your greenhouses? You could even look at having the mc-Modules tell your irrigation system to turn on or off by measuring the soil moisture. This would allow you to be very efficient on giving your crops the optimal growing conditions while, at the same time, being very efficient with the resources you use as well!

- Livestock Management - Imagine being able to locate animals in a feedlot and be alerted (via the accelerometer) if they have been motionless for a certain period of time? Could suggest a health issue and now you can dispatch veterinary staff to try and save the animal. This could not only save feed lots and holding yards potentially hundreds of saved animals per year (resulting in that much extra earned revenue) but also a more humane operation as you can be alerted to save the animals in your care!

-Building Efficiencies  - This is a perfect use-case for the mc-Thing platform! Imagine easily deploying the mc-Modules into a residence, building, industrial setting, etc and being able to quickly and efficiently measure different variables to get a full picture of how efficient your location is! For example, a business could easily deploy mc-Modules throughout a building to measure temperature (maybe in a furnace room, production area, showroom, patio, etc) to determine if there are any potential issues in regards to insulation and be alerted if a temperature goes above or below a specific threshold. Using the magnetic switch, you can be alerted if windows/doors/etc are open or closed alongside check the temperature. Of course, if you add more sensors to the modules (since they can connect to others using UART, I2C and SPI) you could then start to get into specific measurements of other variables and have all the information relay back to your cloud for analysis or a dashboard.

- Cold-Chain Management - Similar to the above scenario, imagine using the mc-Modules to monitor freezers/refrigerators in a retail or storage location to be alerted if a temperature threshold is breached. This is a very important and yet very easy use-case for the mc-Things platform.

We always say' The opportunities are endless' with mc-Things and it's true! The above scenarios are just the tip of the iceberg of what can be accomplished with the mc-Things platform. Out-of-the-box use-cases are easy and due to the versatility of the mc-Modules (with the multiple digital and analog inputs) you can start to attached other sensors or devices. You could also turn legacy technology or sensors into an internet connected device using mc-Things or create a new device using the platform for yourself or even to bring to market!

If you have any specific use-cases that you are unsure if the mc-Things platform would work well, please send us an email at info@mcthing.com

Hey everyone! To celebrate the month of July, we are giving 10% off our development kit!
This kit includes 7 mc-Modules, 1 x mc-Gateway, 1 x mc-Dongle and 1 x mc-Dev board! Use this kit to easily and quickly create projects, prototypes or proof of concept devices! the mc-Dev board included in your kit allows you to easily connect other devices/sensors without soldering! It also gives you a serial port connection directly to mc-Studio which speeds up development and debugging time!

Use the below promo-code to get your 10% off discount!


To purchase your mc-Dev Kit, please check out our mc-Things product page here: www.mcthings.com/products/

You can check out our mc-Dev board video here:
https://youtu.be/b6JoMtgul4M

Here is the code for the example project from the Video.
We attached a light sensor alongside a 2.2K resistor and then measured the light intensity. The code allows the LED lights on the mc-Dev board to visualize the light levels within the room by lighting up when high intensity light is present and to decrease when the light level drops. Very neat and simple to do!
Define PinMode Pin2 As AnalogInput Alias lightVoltage
Define PinMode Pin3 As DigitalOutput
Define PinMode Pin4 As DigitalOutput
Define PinMode Pin5 As DigitalOutput
Define PinMode Pin6 As DigitalOutput
Define PinMode Pin7 As DigitalOutput
Define PinMode Pin8 As DigitalOutput
Class ldrTest
    Shared Event Boot()
        Pin3 = False
        Pin4 = False
        Pin5 = False
        Pin6 = False
        Pin7 = False
        Pin8 = False
        LedRed = False
        LedGreen = False
    End Event
    Shared Event measureLight() RaiseEvent Every 50 milliSeconds
        Thread.Sleep(20000) 'sleep 20ms for voltage to stabilize
        Dim voltage As Short = lightVoltage
        If voltage > 3000 Then
            Pin3 = True
            Pin4 = True
            Pin5 = True
            Pin6 = True
            Pin7 = True
            Pin8 = True
        ElseIf voltage <= 3000 And voltage >= 2500 Then
            Pin3 = False
            Pin4 = True
            Pin5 = True
            Pin6 = True
            Pin7 = True
            Pin8 = True
        ElseIf voltage <= 2499 And voltage >= 2000 Then
            Pin3 = False
            Pin4 = False
            Pin5 = True
            Pin6 = True
            Pin7 = True
            Pin8 = True
        ElseIf voltage <= 1999 And voltage >= 1500 Then
            Pin3 = False
            Pin4 = False
            Pin5 = False
            Pin6 = True
            Pin7 = True
            Pin8 = True
        ElseIf voltage <= 1499 And voltage >= 1000 Then
            Pin3 = False
            Pin4 = False
            Pin5 = False
            Pin6 = False
            Pin7 = True
            Pin8 = True
        ElseIf voltage < 999 And voltage >= 500 Then
            Pin3 = False
            Pin4 = False
            Pin5 = False
            Pin6 = False
            Pin7 = False
            Pin8 = True
        ElseIf voltage < 500 Then
            Pin3 = False
            Pin4 = False
            Pin5 = False
            Pin6 = False
            Pin7 = False
            Pin8 = False
        Else   
        End If
    End Event
    'Battery check
    Shared Event measureVoltage() RaiseEvent Every 2 Hours
        Dim BattVolt As Short = Device.BatteryVoltage
        If BattVolt < 2200 Then
            Lplan.IFTTT("mjgu7QocyzTNDUbzgitzHxBYPFaXckJrJ2LbLq8XMMg", "GarageBatt")
        Else
        End If
    End Event
End Class


Hi Martin!
It looks like you are trying to configure the virtual gateway, which is not possible. To configure your gateway, be sure to connect to in mc-Studio. once the gateway is connected, you can then configure the physical gateway. Can you give that a try and let us know if it is working for you?

This topic has been moved to New Version Releases.

http://mcthings.createaforum.com/index.php?topic=68.0