15 MAY 2021
It has been nine years since we installed our first Raspberry Pi solar data logger and we have been using the same 1-Wire DS18B20 temperature sensors to monitor the hot water system since. The data sent to our online logging...
19 DECEMBER 2020
We previously torn down several Amazon Echo devices including the 3rd gen Dot, 3rd gen Dot with Clock, the Flex, and the Echo Input. In this teardown we will look at the new Echo Dot 4th generation model which is...
18 DECEMBER 2020
We have previously torn down several Amazon Echo devices including the 3rd gen Dot, the Flex and the Echo Input. In this teardown we will look at the Echo Dot 3rd gen with a clock.
Most of this Echo Dot is the same...
01 NOVEMBER 2020
I the past I have used the open source smart home software called Home Assistant www.home-assistant.io on a Raspberry Pi to monitor our homes sensors which has information from our temperature sensors, electric and gas...
25 OCTOBER 2020
Disclaimer, this project involves the modification of mains electric powered equipment and can cause electrocution, shock, death, fire if not done correctly. I take no responsibility if anyone follows these instructions...
24 OCTOBER 2020
Using our main Windows desktop PC’s we often work from our Synology DiskStation NAS on video projects and using our 1Gb network we would copy the video assets and files to each desktop to edit before copying the completed...
28 MARCH 2020
At Christmas we purchased an Amazon Echo Flex which was on special offer at the time. The Echo Flex is a plug-in smart home controller using the Amazon Alexa ecosystem. After having it sitting on the shelf for 3 months,...
03 DECEMBER 2019
In the black Friday sale at Amazon we purchased an Amazon Echo Input which is a small voice-controlled device that requires an external speaker and uses the Amazon Alexa voice command service.
As this is the second Amazon...
10 AUGUST 2019
Following from the Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart speaker Teardown post we have been exploring how the Echo Dot works and if it is possible to connect it to a computer to replace the firmware or install third party applications.
The...
21 JULY 2019
In the summer prime sale at Amazon we purchased a third generation Amazon Echo Dot which is a small voice-controlled speaker using Amazon’s Alexa voice command service. Part Two of this post is on Echo Dot 3rd Gen...