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Staircase Lighting - for a Smarter Home
IntroductionAlmost a decade ago I made a PIC micro controlled staircase light timer. It has been working really well ever since and now time has come...
Geeking out on a DOA Wifi Smart Light Bulb
IntroductionRecently, I have tried a number of cheap WiFi smart bulbs. Usually, they arrive OK from China (although they are in serious need of weeding...
Review: PCB Fab House PCBWay
Introduction A while back I got an offer from PCBWay to test their PB prototyping services. As I was at the time designing a couple of new circuits I...
Broadlink Smart Bulb Conversion to Open Source
Introduction Recently I have come across some smart LED light bulbs that came in different sizes, shapes, functionalities and manufacturers. One thing...
Expert tip: Add more flash memory to your Sonoff Basic Wifi Smart Switch
Introduction: The Sonoff Basic Wi-Fi Smart Switch is an inexpensive wireless smart switch for anyone who wants to remote control and/or automate electric...
Privacy showcase: How to use smart devices without Ewelink/internet
Introduction Recently, more and more consumer devices are available to make your home "smarter". While they can make our lives a bit easier, comfortable...
ActoSenso Server - Controlling it all
Introduction Although optional, having a central coordinator (ActoSenso Server) in an automation environment can open up new possibilities. Advantages...
ActoSenso Nodes
Introduction In the previous article I described the system overview of my automation platform, which I call ActoSenso Platform. In this article I discuss...
ActoSenso - My Automation Project - System Overview
Introduction Over the past few months I have created an easily expandable, well scaling and easy to optimize solution for controlling and otherwise bringing...
Installing OpenWrt on D-Link DIR-600 Router
Introduction The D-Link DIR-600 is a consumer grade router. Although it's not a new model, it is still a very capable router at a price tag and feature...
Internet of Things (IoT) with ESP8266 - Proof of Concept
Introduction Recently, I finished my first, usable IoT prototype on a breadboard. It is a simple unit, consisting of an LED (emulating a digital output...
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IR remote control experiments
[...] huge pile of never or a very long time ago used remote controls that are waiting to be repurposed. Selecting a transmitter Since this is my [...]
Spindicator Clone
Introduction Some time ago I came across a website where I saw a novel way of showing the disk activity of a computer. I liked the idea very much and [...]
Tutorial: Panelizing PCBs in Eagle
[...] software tools. In the below example I am using Eagle 6.3.0 and a small design of mine, the Spindicator Clone. I use Eagle to design my circuits - the free version is enough for most [...]
Spindicator Clone with Pulse and Trail Effect
Introduction Although my "original" Spindicator itself was just a clone of this one, mine was well received by the geeks around the world! :) A fell [...]
Buttons for Digital Projects
[...] Introduction The aim of this simple project is to provide simple button input to any digital circuit. I use it in conjunction with the LED strip in microcontroller projects on breadboards. It [...]
LED Strip
[...] The aim of this simple project is to provide simple debugging capabilities to any digital circuit. It is nothing more than 8 LEDs on a piece of PCB with a pin header to connect easily to a [...]
Buttons for Digital Projects
[...] pushbuttons). The circuit is complete with a pull-up resistor for each pushbutton. The included pin header allows easy connection to a test board or breadboard. [...]
LED Strip
[...] capabilities to any digital circuit. It is nothing more than 8 LEDs on a piece of PCB with a pin header to connect easily to a test board or breadboard. The circuit The circuit doesn't get any [...]
Laptop touchpad/mouse pad salvaging
I was recently given a very old, dead laptop. I soon took it apart to see what parts I could salvage, what parts I could reuse in my projects. Among [...]
PIC based 3-axis accelerometer
[...] because some time ago I was experimenting with the built-in analogue-digital converters of some PIC micros and was thinking that they could be used easily to interface the analogue output of an [...]
PIC based 3-axis accelerometer
[...] because some time ago I was experimenting with the built-in analogue-digital converters of some PIC micros and was thinking that they could be used easily to interface the analogue output of an [...]
PIC based 3-axis accelerometer
[...] in the first place. Maybe, because some time ago I was experimenting with the built-in analogue-digital converters of some PIC micros and was thinking that they could be used easily to interface [...]
PIC based 3-axis accelerometer
[...] in the first place. Maybe, because some time ago I was experimenting with the built-in analogue-digital converters of some PIC micros and was thinking that they could be used easily to interface [...]
IR remote control experiments
Introduction I have a few projects in mind for the near future which all have one thing in common – they all require remote controls to be operated. [...]
ATX Bench Power Supply v2.0
[...] Introduction I have been quite satisfied with the desktop power supply I made from an old PC power supply. My only problem with is that it takes up a lot of space on my desk. I have been long [...]
ATX Bench Power Supply v2.0
[...] Introduction I have been quite satisfied with the desktop power supply I made from an old PC power supply. My only problem with is that it takes up a lot of space on my desk. I have been long [...]
ATX Bench Power Supply v2.0
[...] Introduction I have been quite satisfied with the desktop power supply I made from an old PC power supply. My only problem with is that it takes up a lot of space on my desk. I have been long [...]
IR remote control experiments
[...] huge pile of never or a very long time ago used remote controls that are waiting to be repurposed. Selecting a transmitter Since this is my [...]
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