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Welcome to my blog, here you will find my projects and other hobbies.
I make websites and manufacturer and sell expansion boards for the Raspberry Pi range of computers.

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View the blog post for Air Quality in Your Home Measuring using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning and Netatmo

Air Quality in Your Home: Measuring using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning and Netatmo

15 January 2023 11 min read Home Automation

Using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning & Netatmo to measure the air quality in your home or office.

View the blog post for Energy Savings and Solar PV Upgrade Six Months of Data

Energy Savings and Solar PV Upgrade, Six Months of Data

27 December 2022 13 min read General Home Automation

After lots of small changes to our usage, device upgrades and replacing some old household appliances, our energy usage is around 45% lower

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Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown

28 November 2022 9 min read Home Automation Electronics

Taking a look inside the latest Amazon Echo Dot 5 smart home speaker and Amazon Alexa device, now with a new larger speaker and temperature sensor

View the blog post for ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter

ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter

30 October 2022 7 min read Solar Power Electronics Home Automation

Using an ESP32 WiFi module to create a ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Solar PV Inverter to log data with Home Assistant

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Ham Radio Asterisk Allstar Gateway with a Tait 8110 and Raspberry Pi

08 October 2022 16 min read Radio and RF Electronics Raspberry Pi

Setting up the hardware and software for an AllStar Link Gateway using a Tait TM8110 which is a 25W PMR radio with a Raspberry Pi and USB sound card interface

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Welcome to my blog, here you will find my projects and other things. I make websites and manufacturer and sell expansion boards for the Raspberry Pi range of computers.

You can see where I live on my local community website, Virtual Swanage.

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