John Smith, Googlebot and abandoned shopping carts
GoogleBot is pretending to be an e-commerce customer called John Smith and abandoning the order at the payment stage
First year of data and savings from Solar PV array upgrade
Our solar PV system has saved us £847.18 in the past 12 months, and heating the hot water for free on sunny days with the myenergy eddi solar diverter
Buying Used Test Equipment from Ham Radio Rallies
Visiting FRARS Hamfest in Wimborne and buying used test equipment from Ham radio rallies
Amazon Echo Pop Smart Speaker teardown
New teardown and looking inside the latest Amazon Echo Pop smart home speaker and Amazon Alexa smart home device
TP Link Tapo TC65 Camera image capture using OpenCV for a webcam
Using a low-cost tp-link Wi-Fi security camera and OpenCV, a popular computer vision library, we have created a Python script that captures high-quality images from the RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) video stream generated by the camera and uploads to our Virtual Swanage tourism website.
Learning Code, Raspberry Pi, Fruit, and Growing Food
May 2023 updates, website changes and projects and how we grow our own food on a small allotment
Air Quality in Your Home: Measuring using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning and Netatmo
Using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning & Netatmo to measure the air quality in your home or office.
Energy Savings and Solar PV Upgrade, Six Months of Data
After lots of small changes to our usage, device upgrades and replacing some old household appliances, our energy usage is around 45% lower
Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown
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
ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter
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
Ham Radio Asterisk Allstar Gateway with a Tait 8110 and 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
Nest Thermostat to Home Assistant via 1-Wire, Arduino and MQTT
Connecting our Nest Thermostat 3rd Gen to Home Assistant via 1-wire and an Arduino Uno to capture the 1-wire sensor data
USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8110 PMR Radios
Making a USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8000 series PMR Radios to use as Ham Radio repeaters
myenergi eddi solar power diverter installation with WiFi
We got the new eddi V2.1 from myenergi with built-in WiFi and ethernet to add to our home solar system and Home Assistant.
Home Solar PV Panels Upgrade Finished
Our new 1.6kW solar array has now been fitted and is working much better than we expected
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