November 24, 2023 Automating “should be the bins be out… and are they?” Use of ESPresence, BLE iBeacons, Node Red and Home Assistant to tell if it is rubbish day, which bins need to go out (and only if the bins haven’t been put out yet) Categories Home Automation Comments: 3
December 24, 2022 Oven Reminders with Node Red & ESPHome Use of Node Red and Javascript to monitor power to my oven and give regular announcements that is is still running. It also can log to a csv file and do calculations based on total power used and the cost of that power, with peak/offpeak rates taken into account. Categories Home Automation Comments: 0
September 29, 2022 Zemismart KS-811 with OpenBK7231N/OpenBeken Recently a friend bought some Zemismart wall switches and they have a BK7231N chip rather than an ESP8266. This outines the OpenBeken project and how it can be used in the switch in a similar way to Tasmota/ESPHome. Categories Home Automation Comments: 4
August 31, 2022 Vehicle 12V Battery Monitoring with ESP8266 and ESPHome Using the Analogue input on an ESP8266 and voltage divider to monitor the status of a 12V battery in a car. Categories Electric Vehicles/Electronics/Home Automation/Vehicles Comments: 5
May 27, 2022 Xiaomi BLE LCD Thermometers in Home Assistant Using esphome in an ESP32 dev board to pull the values of some cheap Xiaomi LCD temp sensors (with BLE) and integrate them into home assistant. Categories Home Automation Comments: 0
May 3, 2022 ESP8266 with PWM to control a computer fan Use of an ESP8266 to PWM control a 12Vdc, 2-wire computer fan, with a MOSFET (first with Tasmota, then a change to using ESPHome) Categories Home Automation/IT & Networking Comments: 0
May 27, 2021 Kogan Smart Plug: No Esp8266? (Tuya WB2S) It is getting more and more common to get smart devices that have chips other than ESP8266 in them, and these chips are usually not flashable with the likes of Tasmota, espHome etc. This Kogan power monitor had an Tuya WB3S Categories Electronics/Home Automation Comments: 0