07 November 2021 7 min read
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 6 min read
Controlling our loft radiator with a Zigbee controlled thermostatic radiator valve and Home Assistant.
03 September 2021 3 min read
Adding new MQTT sensors to Home Assistant to log Gas meter usage data
26 August 2021 11 min read
Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant
ElectronicsHome AutomationSolar Power
20 August 2021 9 min read
Adding remote Wi-Fi data access to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar PV inverter using an Espressif ESP32-WROOM-32UE module
15 August 2021 4 min read
Audio notifications for when the washing machine needs to be emptied via Home Assistant and Sonos speakers
15 August 2021 6 min read
Modifying a Sonoff POWR2 Smart Switch with energy monitoring to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
ElectronicsPhotographyVideo and Audio
03 August 2021 7 min read
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
Programming and CodeElectronicsHome Automation
15 May 2021 6 min read
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 3 min read
Yet more scammers using emails claiming to be from a certified photographer who says your website has copyrighted images hosted
06 March 2021 1 min read
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 min read
Trying to avoid zapping electronics by adding new ESD Anti-Static matting on the bench and floor in our workshop.
29 January 2021 5 min read
Adding a live video feed to our Brunel BMSZ trinocular stereomicroscope using a Raspberry Pi High-Quality Camera module and USB interface
18 January 2021 2 min read
Adding RGB to all the things in the loft workshop using an ESP8266 Wifi module to make a custom RGB LED Controller
14 January 2021 2 min read
PC built time for the loft workshop with a new AMD Ryzen 9 3900X PC build in Fractal Design Meshify S2 case