06 December 2021 15,120 views
Modifying a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to add an external antenna with a U.FL RF connector
30 November 2021 9,193 views
Tearing down an Amazon Echo Show 5, 2021 2nd generation smart speaker and display
07 November 2021 2,053 views
As part of our ongoing quest to reduce our energy usage and carbon footprint, we have installed a compressive home energy logging system which uses various sensors to monitor our energy consumption, generation and environment data, which are collated in Home Assistant and also on our home logger
13 September 2021 21,777 views
Controlling our loft radiator with a Zigbee controlled thermostatic radiator valve and Home Assistant.
03 September 2021 14,884 views
Adding new MQTT sensors to Home Assistant to log Gas meter usage data
26 August 2021 14,589 views
Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant
20 August 2021 3,112 views
Adding remote Wi-Fi data access to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar PV inverter using an Espressif ESP32-WROOM-32UE module
15 August 2021 16,124 views
Audio notifications for when the washing machine needs to be emptied via Home Assistant and Sonos speakers
15 August 2021 7,708 views
Modifying a Sonoff POWR2 Smart Switch with energy monitoring to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
03 August 2021 2,153 views
Creating a wireless remote control to switch between video capture scenes in OBS Studio to select between our Microscope and other cameras or desktop capture using a Wi-Fi Remote Control
15 May 2021 4,292 views
We have added several new Zigbee sensors to our smart home system which runs Home Assistant and the sensors talk to the home Linux server using Zigbee2mqtt
20 April 2021 2,253 views
Yet more scammers using emails claiming to be from a certified photographer who says your website has copyrighted images hosted
06 March 2021 2,242 views
Teardown time with some old tablets that no longer work or charge, some Apple iPad Air 2 and Android Nexus tablets
15 February 2021 2,348 views
Trying to avoid zapping electronics by adding new ESD Anti-Static matting on the bench and floor in our workshop.
29 January 2021 9,211 views
Adding a live video feed to our Brunel BMSZ trinocular stereomicroscope using a Raspberry Pi High-Quality Camera module and USB 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.