Home Automation
Smart Home projects and automations
Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Mods
25 October 2020
4 min read
Modifying a Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
25 October 20204 min read
Adding 10Gb Fibre to the home network
24 October 2020
9 min read
Everyone needs some fibre in their diet and we have added more to the home network using 10Gb Fibre to connect our computers and Synology network storage devices via a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN network switch
24 October 20209 min read
Amazon Echo Flex Teardown
28 March 2020
20 min read
Teardown of an Amazon Echo Flex smart plug which listens to your commands via the Alexa service and replies using a very tiny speaker
28 March 202020 min read
Amazon Echo Input Teardown
03 December 2019
7 min read
Teardown of the Amazon Echo Input and trying to extract the firmware
03 December 20197 min read
Echo Dot 3rd Gen Digging Deeper
10 August 2019
30 min read
Digging deeper into the Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation smart speaker
10 August 201930 min read
Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart speaker Teardown
21 July 2019
5 min read
Teardown of the Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation Smart speaker
21 July 20195 min read
Solar Hot Water to 1-Wire Interface
30 May 2018
3 min read
Adding a 1-Wire Interface to our Solar Hot Water Controller to allow it to talk to our home server and data logger
30 May 20183 min read
Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data Logging
14 March 2018
4 min read
Using Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data to log sensor data for our home using different types of wired and wireless sensors
14 March 20184 min read
Gigabit Internet Gateway Network PC
16 December 2017
4 min read
Upgrade time for our home Linux server with a new low-power Gigabit Internet Gateway Network PC
16 December 20174 min read
tp-link LB130 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb Python Control
30 August 2017
12 min read
Controlling a TP-Link LB130 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb using Python on a Raspberry Pi.
30 August 201712 min read
Home Network Upgrade - 48 port switch
22 August 2017
3 min read
A big upgrade to our home network with a new 48 port switch and patch panel
22 August 20173 min read
Home Energy Solar Logger Update
06 September 2016
2 min read
More updates to our Home Energy Solar Logger
06 September 20162 min read
Gas Meter Hall Effect Sensor
13 January 2016
4 min read
Modifying a reed switch-based gas meter sensor to use a hall effect sensor to allow us to record gas usage
13 January 20164 min read
ESP8266 Mains Energy Monitor
01 January 2016
7 min read
Building a custom ESP8266-based Wi-Fi mains electric and gas monitoring system
01 January 20167 min read
Nest and Solar Logger Update
12 December 2015
7 min read
It has now been a week since we installed the Nest 3rd Gen Learning Thermostat and we have been able to try the auto learning and heating / hot water schedules the thermostat offers
12 December 20157 min read
ADC Differential Pi
8 Channel 18-bit Differential Analogue to Digital converter development board for the Raspberry Pi.
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