Home Automation

Fix Your Smart Home – Stop Tasmota Devices From Switching Randomly

While working on fixing my KuLED light switches from magically but unexpectedly switching on, I found this great post and…

5 years ago

How to Monitor Your Home Remotely With Skype

Want to peek in on your dog ? Have an elderly parent or friend that you want to check up…

6 years ago

Make a $5 Motion Sensitive Coca Cola Night Light

Here's a simple project. Motion Sensitive Soap Dispenser Home Depot is currently selling this "Soap Brite Lighted Soap Dispenser" which…

6 years ago

How Can You Tell Whether Firmware Can be Flashed ?

Flashing ESP Chips with Open Source Firmware The ESP family of wifi chips is manufactured by Espressif. The chips are…

6 years ago

Answer Skybell Automatically on Android Using Tasker

Skybell and other video doorbells ring your phone and allow you to see who's at the door. But they require…

7 years ago

Control Almost Any Infrared Device By Voice

Want to control almost any TV, DVD or other infrared device by voice ? If your device is not a…

7 years ago

Updating an Old Music & Sound Intercom System with Skybell HD (Part 2 of 2) (or How to Have Skybell Ring a Virtual Doorbell Using Skybell Sniffer)

Introduction In the first part of this two part post, I described how I used an old Music & Sound…

7 years ago

Updating an Old Music & Sound Intercom System with Skybell HD (Part 1 of 2)

? Skybell is a video doorbell similar to Ring. These devices are intended to be hooked up to existing doorbell…

8 years ago

Easy Two Dollar Magnetic Wall Mount for Google Home Mini and/or Tablet

Here's a stable, cheap magnetic wall mount for a small tablet or a Google Home Mini. The big advantage to…

8 years ago

Getting Home Assistant, Mosquitto MQTT, and CloudMQTT To Work Together Using an MQTT Bridge

I've been experimenting with Home Assistant (a home automation server) running the Raspberry Pi and have found the videos from…

9 years ago