19 October 2022 Small CCTV Monitor for RTSP Display This project allows the use of an old raspberry pi (V1), plus a basic automotive 7″ analogue LCD screen to display streamed CCTV images. Categories CCTV/Home Automation Comments: 0
2 August 2021 Viewsonic Touch Screen for Home Assistant Display Use of a pretty old Viewsonic All-in-One computer as a home automation display. I picked a couple of these up for around NZ$40 each, however found the touch screen didn’t work out of the box as drivers were missing from Linux. Categories Electronics/Home Automation/Home Renovations/IT & Networking/Projects/Technology Comments: 0
3 November 2020 Using an SDR and RTL_433 in docker with MQTT Mainly to grab weather station data, but also useful for other 433MHz data, this is the setup I use in Docker. It uses a cheap Realtek USB SDR, and pushes data received straight to an MQTT server. Categories Home Automation/Weather Comments: 0
13 May 2020 Setting up Alt-f Firmware on Dlink DNS-320L NAS These are cheap 2-bay NASs with replacement open Firmware install. Categories Electronics/IT & Networking/Technology Comments: 0
10 June 2015 How about some Raspberry Pi The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python. There are lots of different things you can... Categories DIY Projects/Education/Projects/Technology/Weather Comments: 0
3 November 2010 Network Bridging in an Ubuntu desktop/server Requirement is have two or more network cards on a server that do the same job as a network switch. 1000base switches are more expensive than a few NICs and spare PCI slots (although the bus may not be up to all that traffic). The Desktop is running LTSP so Gigabit Ethernet is a much better experience for the clients. Categories IT & Networking/Technology Comments: 0
