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I am more interested in the breadboard and usb interface. Could you post a schematic please?

Actually I just slapped it together without a schematic. I'll put together something for you. Because serial comm ports on PCs are becoming more scarce I designed a USB-Serial converter, the module you see at the bottom, and all new designs I do use this now. I sent the board out to a commercial PCB facility and had a bunch made. Then have a tech who populates it here.

The parts for the breadboard:

1. PIC16F688 (any PIC or microcontroller will do)

2. A HopeRF HHT02D (SHT11 equiv) digital (2 wire) temperature/humidity sensor. This is an expensive item, $30USD at Futurlec but they had a similar version for $10 and I bought several of them. If only monitoring temperature a very simple solution is the LM35 sensor for about 72 baht at Elements.

3. 1 resistor

Power for the system comes from the USB bus so no external supply needed.

The USB-Serial converter uses one IC, FT232RL (about 100 baht IC)

There are sensors shown on this Thai website - http://www.thaieasyelec.com/products/sensors/humidity-temperature.html

And here - http://www.arduino.in.th/product/78/dht11-digital-temperature-and-humidity-sensor

I bought several of those DHT11 sensors as they are cheap but haven't written the software for it yet.

Thanks very much.

Currently in Oz but will check it out.

I am more interested in the breadboard and usb interface. Could you post a schematic please?

Why aren't they fitted with compulsory anchors? A few hundred litres of water costs nothing.

Jaybird from just reading between the lines from your posts I feel you are asking the wrong forum for help.

You appear to be a young health orientated guy. With lots of income. One who likes good wines and perhaps the arts.

Most guys in this forum probably donot travel in the circles you are accustom too.Difficult to assist.

The lifestyle you lead is rare. And to be honest sounds likeyou will only be in Thailand 4 to 6 months a year hardly retired, just more of one residence out of many.

My suggestion to start is Pattaya. Get a rental with every thing you want. you will just have to learn to live for a few months a year in a place with no real culture stimulations, Just raw entertainment and beachs. Donot expect good wines and fine dining. You will have to be happy with mediocure at best.

Your best bet is Singapore.

Thank for your suggestion. I'm starting to think you may be right. (And I do nip to Singapore for a couple weeks every year as well). I'll look more into Udon Thani as others have suggested. Maybe its not as dull as I thought, however Hua Hin definitely appears to be *quiet*.

The plus side of Pattaya is its closer to BKK for International Flights (I believe everywhere else has to fly to BKK before flying to Europe/etc.)

Perhaps 'Retired' is the wrong word? I'm not 'working for a company' so I'm a free agent. (I did not want to say jettsetting playboy )

Oh well, time to dig more into Udon Thani and Pattaya. Thank you all for your feedback!

We live in a nice house and own another nice one. We drive a decent car and holiday abroad annually.

When we first started dating years ago I bought my wife a nylon two-man tent. She told me she doesn't like camping.

I told her "Tell your family that if they want money from me this is where we will live".

I look after my wife and they leave us alone.

Actually climbing inside the fridge is more popular than you think. This is my 4 year old last Songkran.

If the fridge was bigger I would have joined him.

Cut a hole in the wall so the front half is inside and the back half is outside. Wind the thermostat up and it might work as long as you defrost it regularly.

My brother the fridgy !

Cut a hole in the wall so the front half is inside and the back half is outside. Wind the thermostat up and it might work as long as you defrost it regularly.

And they all lived happily ever after.

The End.

The end, sir? Already? Did I miss something in this thread?

Sometimes it just comes down to good old fate.

And they all lived happily ever after.

The End.

Why have these photos gone viral?

They look like any photos of any couple in NE Thailand.

I don't think it bothers them so much as we are ignorant farang. I called my Mum-in-law "Mar" for ages until my wife asked me "Why do you call Mum a dog?".

I guess it come down to whether you like anything urban or rural.

My Mrs is Isaan and I was raised on a farm.

I made the "chicks with dicks" post, along side the "wealthy farang" post, and the "earth leakage circuit breaker" post.

None of them particularly interest me but suited the thread at the time.

I wasn't picking on you dad, promise. 5555555

I remember the summer of 1953 when you and I had a stint in Bangkok after having spent 6 weeks together floating in a dingy, at sea. Anyway should I tell the forum about your walk on the wildlife that summer or should we just leave it to their imagination?

I understand your fascination brother so I wasn't referring to you in the OP, promise.

Was it really 63 years ago? It seems like yesterday.

I am still receiving therapy.

I still recall vividly the flight to Singapore in the old (but then new) Lockheed prop plane and the countless hours of listening to you and your stories. The boat trip to Bangkok following that was a little hazey.

We were strapping young men

You must be one of the oldest 'fascinated' members on the TVF machine.

I still prefer circuit breakers.

My Mrs is normally quiet. I remember one incident when she was screaming at her nephew for ages. I asked her what was the problem. She looks at me with a puzzled look "Nothing wrong. I am just telling him we are going to Nanas house"

Does it take so many words?

I made the "chicks with dicks" post, along side the "wealthy farang" post, and the "earth leakage circuit breaker" post.

None of them particularly interest me but suited the thread at the time.

I wasn't picking on you dad, promise. 5555555

I remember the summer of 1953 when you and I had a stint in Bangkok after having spent 6 weeks together floating in a dingy, at sea. Anyway should I tell the forum about your walk on the wildlife that summer or should we just leave it to their imagination?

I understand your fascination brother so I wasn't referring to you in the OP, promise.

Was it really 63 years ago? It seems like yesterday.

I am still receiving therapy.

"Grannys with fannys" or "Hyenas with vaginas" just doesn't sound right.

I made the "chicks with dicks" post, along side the "wealthy farang" post, and the "earth leakage circuit breaker" post.

None of them particularly interest me but suited the thread at the time.

"Chicks with dicks"

Buy them a few bottles of cheap whiskey and disappear for a few hours. The truth will come out.

"When emergency officials arrived, they attempted to resuscitate the unconscious man for over 20 minutes. However, they were unsuccessful. The 34-year old man has been sent to Banglamung Hospital to be monitored by doctors."

If he didn't survive what are they monitoring?

They apparently tried to revive him from a state of being unconscious, not from a state of being dead.
Hence the monitoring by the hospital staff. Presumably, the victim died a time after the initial attempts to revive him at the scene.
Unconscious and dead, although easily confused by the savvy reader, are not the same.

I worked for several years as a mortician. Yes I am just a little familiar with death. Generally it doesn't require monitoring.

I think the clue is in the word "unsuccessful".

That would explain your familiarity with death and your unfamiliarity with the state of unconsciousness perhaps.

Generally, monitoring those who have attempted to kill themselves and who may have suffered from a lack of oxygen to the brain is a good thing.

Yes you are correct, he apparently did survive.

Normally in our language "unsuccessful resuscitation" with a photo of emergency responders doing CPR would mean umm.....unsuccessful.

Resuscitate: revive (someone) from unconsciousness or apparent death.

It is very possible for emergency workers to resuscitate and unconscious person.

Again, I and many others are so happy you only dealt with the dead and not the living.

So now they watch a body decompose???

I like our little retreat at the end of a corrugated, dead end dirt road for about 3 months a year; when it is cool.

I am glad you know how to use a dictionary. There are no shades of resuscitation. Either it is successful or not. An unconscious patient is placed in the recovery position. A dead person is given CPR as in the photo. You never give CPR to an unconscious person.

I only had one complaint in the morgue. So I just screwed the lid down tighter.

"Wealthy farang on board ".

Rather than drive carefully around you, they can actually take aim.