Sonoff has recently released some brand new affordable smart wall switches called the Sonoff SwitchMan M5, featuring an ESP32 inside – and you know what that means right!? ESPHome time! [ … ]
Tag: DIY
Face Recognition Just Got Easier – Home Assistant Double Take Guide
A few months ago I covered the ultimate NVR install (sorry no article on that, I got a bit…behind on posting!) which covered combining the object detection and recording capabilities [ … ]
Building a Raspberry Pi Thermal Imaging Camera – MLX90640 guide
In today’s current global situation, thermometers and thermal cameras are more in demands probably than ever before. Here in the UK, many of the shops and restaurants have started taking [ … ]
DIY Motorised Smart Blinds
Building your own motorised smart blinds is a really attractive idea and something I’ve been meaning to get to for quite some time – after all, some of the off [ … ]
Using ESPHome on Sonoff RF Bridge
In a previous article, I showed you how to flash Tasmota to a Sonoff RF Bridge, which allows you to receive and transmit 433MHz RF signals like the ones used [ … ]
Converting the 28BYJ-48 stepper motor for more torque!
A couple of days ago I decided to strip apart my blinds and figure out how to automate them, its something I wanted to do for a while but never [ … ]
Flashing any Smart bulb, plug or switch with Tuya-Convert
I wrote last year about over the air flashing of smart bulbs using the Tuya-convert procedure. However, back then there was no current way to bypass a firmware that Tuya [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Fingerprint Sensor Module with Arduino
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]