Electronics
Projects using electronic components and circuits
![Yaesu FP-1030A Power Supply Repair Photo](/docs/postthumbs/yaesu-fp-1030a-psu-repair.jpg)
Yaesu FP-1030A Power Supply Repair
Fault finding and repairing a Ham Radio Yaesu FP-1030A Power Supply which had a hidden manufacturing defect on the PCB
![Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug with energy monitoring relay replacement Photo](/docs/postthumbs/tplink-kasa-smart-kp115-relay-fix.jpg)
Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug with energy monitoring relay replacement
Repairing a Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug which has a dead relay
![Home Assistant Setup in 2022 Photo](/docs/postthumbs/2022-home-assistant-setup.jpg)
Home Assistant Setup in 2022
This post details our journey with Home Assistant since we first tried the software in 2016 and various upgrades with our hardware sensors and software to automate some of our home.
![Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W external antenna mod Photo](/docs/postthumbs/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-external-antenna-mod.jpg)
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W external antenna mod
Modifying a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to add an external antenna with a U.FL RF connector
![Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown Photo](/docs/postthumbs/echo-show-5-2nd-gen-smart-display-teardown.jpg)
Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown
Tearing down an Amazon Echo Show 5, 2021 2nd generation smart speaker and display
![Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant Photo](/docs/postthumbs/zigbee-smart-thermostatic-radiator-valve-home-assistant.jpg)
Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant
Controlling our loft radiator with a Zigbee controlled thermostatic radiator valve and Home Assistant.
![Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant Photo](/docs/postthumbs/adding-gas-meter-energy-logging-to-home-assistant.jpg)
Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant
Adding new MQTT sensors to Home Assistant to log Gas meter usage data
![Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant Photo](/docs/postthumbs/shelly-em-home-assistant-install.jpg)
Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant
Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant
![Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32 Photo](/docs/postthumbs/mastervolt-inverter-wi-fi-with-esp32.jpg)
Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32
Adding remote Wi-Fi data access to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar PV inverter using an Espressif ESP32-WROOM-32UE module
![Sonoff POW R2 Smart Switch power consumption mod Photo](/docs/postthumbs/sonoff-pow-r2-smart-switch-power-consumption-mod.jpg)
Sonoff POW R2 Smart Switch power consumption mod
Modifying a Sonoff POWR2 Smart Switch with energy monitoring to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
![OBS Microscope Wi-Fi Remote Control Photo](/docs/postthumbs/obs-microscope-wi-fi-remote-control.jpg)
OBS Microscope Wi-Fi Remote Control
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
![Home Data Logger Zigbee Sensor Upgrades Photo](/docs/postthumbs/home-data-logger-zigbee-sensor-upgrades.jpg)
Home Data Logger Zigbee Sensor Upgrades
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
![Apple iPad Air 2 vs Android Nexus tablet teardowns Photo](/docs/postthumbs/apple-ipad-air-2-vs-android-nexus-tablet-teardowns.jpg)
Apple iPad Air 2 vs Android Nexus tablet teardowns
Teardown time with some old tablets that no longer work or charge, some Apple iPad Air 2 and Android Nexus tablets
![Workshop ESD Anti-Static upgrades Photo](/docs/postthumbs/workshop-esd-anti-static-upgrades.jpg)
Workshop ESD Anti-Static upgrades
Trying to avoid zapping electronics by adding new ESD Anti-Static matting on the bench and floor in our workshop.
![ESP8266 Wifi RGB LED Controller Photo](/docs/postthumbs/esp8266-wifi-rgb-led-controller.jpg)
ESP8266 Wifi RGB LED Controller
Adding RGB to all the things in the loft workshop using an ESP8266 Wifi module to make a custom RGB LED Controller
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