Adding a Fingerprint sensor to an Arduino/Raspberry Pi/ESP8266 has always been an interesting way, in my opinion, of adding security to a project, given how simple it is and your [ … ]
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!
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 – Automations and Templates. This series aims to help teach you about the basic configuration and functionality of [ … ]
Getting Started with Home Assistant – Part 3 – Configuration/Adding entities
Welcome to part 3 of the Getting Started with Home Assistant series – Configuration and adding entities. This series aims to help teach you about the basic configuration and functionality [ … ]
Getting Started with Home Assistant – Part 2 – Setup and Lovelace Overview
Welcome to part 2 of the Getting Started with Home Assistant series – Setup and Lovelace. This series aims to help teach you about the basic configuration and functionality of [ … ]
Getting started with Home Assistant – Part 1 – Installation
Introduction Welcome to the first part of our Getting started with Home Assistant series, in this part we will take you step by step through installing Home Assistant. This series [ … ]
Wifi Dimmer switch with Tasmota – Tuya Dimmer guide
Dimmer switches have been around for a long time, useful for those situations where you just don’t want a bulb to be at 100% brightness all the time. So what [ … ]