Many of us use a VPN in one way or another these days, they have seen a surge in popularity over the last decade or so with many people seeking [ … ]
Category: How To Guides
In depth and detailed how to guides on everything Home Automation and Security to Arduino and Raspberry Pi’s. Check out all the how to guides and projects we have worked on as we take you step by step from start to finish through the whole process of building your dream home automation setup!
How to build a WiFi connected Fingerprint Sensor with Home Assistant
When I posted some update videos on Reddit and Twitter (make sure to follow me there for more updates!) earlier this week about the Fingerprint Sensor update, the reaction was [ … ]
Installing ESP8266 into Arduino IDE
This is a quick (and I mean quick!) and easy guide on installing ESP8266 boards into Arduino IDE which allows you to program all of your ESP8266 and ESP32 boards [ … ]
Fingerprint Sensor Module with Arduino
Fingerprint sensors have always been an interesting way, to me, of adding security to an Arduino or IoT project, given how simple it is and your fingers are something you [ … ]
Building a temperature sensors for Home Assistant – Wemos D1 Mini with DS18B20 build guide
The world has changed a little bit in the past couple of weeks/months depending on where you live with a global pandemic currently on-going, meaning more and more of us [ … ]
How to install an MQTT Broker – Mosquitto Install/Config on Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/Fedora/Raspbian
If you’ve worked with any IoT (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ESP, Zigbee, Z-wave etc) devices, or any popular home automation software (Home Assistant, OpenHAB, Domoticz) chances are you have heard of [ … ]
Getting Started with Home Assistant – Part 5 – Notifications
Welcome back to part 5 of the “Getting Started with Home Assistant” series after a short hiatus – we saw some changes coming with regards to the mobile app which [ … ]
How to make your own dual-purpose wireless alarm system with Home Assistant – Part 1
Ever looked at adding an alarm system to your house only to overwhelmed by the plethora of options out there? We get you, it can be very hard to make [ … ]
Getting Started with Home Assistant – Part 4 – Automations and Templates
Welcome to part 4 of the Getting Started with Home Assistant series. This series aims to help teach you about the basic configuration and functionality of Home Assistant. This part [ … ]
Getting Started with Home Assistant – Part 3 – Configuration/Adding entities
Welcome to part 3 of the Getting Started with Home Assistant series. This series aims to help teach you about the basic configuration and functionality of Home Assistant. This part [ … ]