Home Automation

Smart Home projects and automations

Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Mods Photo
Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Mods
Modifying a Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
Adding 10Gb Fibre to the home network Photo
Adding 10Gb Fibre to the home network
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
Amazon Echo Flex Teardown Photo
Amazon Echo Flex Teardown
Teardown of an Amazon Echo Flex smart plug which listens to your commands via the Alexa service and replies using a very tiny speaker
Amazon Echo Input Teardown Photo
Amazon Echo Input Teardown
Teardown of the Amazon Echo Input and trying to extract the firmware
Echo Dot 3rd Gen Digging Deeper Photo
Echo Dot 3rd Gen Digging Deeper
Digging deeper into the Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation smart speaker
Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart speaker Teardown Photo
Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart speaker Teardown
Teardown of the Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation Smart speaker
Solar Hot Water to 1-Wire Interface Photo
Solar Hot Water to 1-Wire Interface
Adding a 1-Wire Interface to our Solar Hot Water Controller to allow it to talk to our home server and data logger
Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data Logging Photo
Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data Logging
Using Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data to log sensor data for our home using different types of wired and wireless sensors
Gigabit Internet Gateway Network PC Photo
Gigabit Internet Gateway Network PC
Upgrade time for our home Linux server with a new low-power Gigabit Internet Gateway Network PC
tp-link LB130 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb Python Control Photo
tp-link LB130 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb Python Control
Controlling a TP-Link LB130 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb using Python on a Raspberry Pi.
Home Network Upgrade - 48 port switch Photo
Home Network Upgrade - 48 port switch
A big upgrade to our home network with a new 48 port switch and patch panel
Home Energy Solar Logger Update Photo
Home Energy Solar Logger Update
More updates to our Home Energy Solar Logger
Gas Meter Hall Effect Sensor Photo
Gas Meter Hall Effect Sensor
Modifying a reed switch-based gas meter sensor to use a hall effect sensor to allow us to record gas usage
ESP8266 Mains Energy Monitor Photo
ESP8266 Mains Energy Monitor
Building a custom ESP8266-based Wi-Fi mains electric and gas monitoring system
Nest and Solar Logger Update Photo
Nest and Solar Logger Update
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

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