Storytelling home automation tech tutorials
#ConnectedChristmas2020 is an art project whose goal is to help people celebrating Christmas connect to each other with the help of IoT technology. This initiative is free to use and the server will be operated till 15th, January 2021.
Continue reading “#ConnectedChristmas2020”The goal of this tutorial to build an ESP8266 controlled Christmas light strip with a special effect that usually can’t be found in standard LED controllers.
Continue reading “Christmas lights”In the previous blog post I described the device that can be installed at the gate to enable remote operation of the lock and an RFID reader feature.
In this post I am talking about the HUB side software (NodeRED and Home Assistant) and show the final PCB.
Continue reading “RFID Gate Control with MQTT connectivity to Home Automation HUBs – 2nd part: HUB side SW and Final Product”This project started as I was looking for a cheap device that can:
As a result of not finding any suitable device I decided to design my own one.
Continue reading “RFID Gate Control with MQTT connectivity to Home Automation HUBs”Using ESP8266 / Wemos devices to send data over a laser beam
Using an ESP8266 device enables to you communicate via a variety of interfaces: WiFi, Serial, SPI, etc.. Why would you want to use a laser beam to communicate between devices? Well yes, this is a pointless project but we can learn a lot!
Continue reading “Laser communication between ESP8266 devices”
