Home Automation

My notes on automation for smart homes — lights, switches, networking, heating, ventilation and sensors. How-tos and tutorials for using Home Assistant, ESPHome and other open source tools for building future-proof home automation systems.

Aranet4 Teardown

January 25, 2020 Electronics, Home Automation 2 Comments

Sensor Pilot: A Progressive Web App (PWA) for Bluetooth Sensors

December 30, 2019 Development, Electronics, Home Automation 3 Comments

Ikea Trådfri vs Xiaomi Mijia and Aqara Zigbee Switches

October 27, 2019 Home Automation, Video Blog Zigbee

Sensors for Smart Passive House

September 24, 2019 Home Automation, Passive House

Solar Powered Raspberry Pi Camera

August 9, 2019 Electronics, Home Automation, Video Blog 12 Comments

Notes on ESP8266 and MicroPython

March 10, 2019 Electronics, Home Automation ESP8266

Low Power ESP8266

November 14, 2018 Electronics, Home Automation ESP8266

MicroPython Button Debounce

November 11, 2018 Electronics, Home Automation ESP8266 How to MicroPython Snippet 3 Comments

MySensors, RFM69 and ATTiny841

July 19, 2018 Electronics, Home Automation ESP8266 raspberrypi

Relays for Home Automation

January 11, 2018 Electronics, Home Automation