Water Softener Salt Level Monitor (and more)
Living in a hard water area is a pain, so several years ago we had a water softener installed which
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Home Automation
Automatic Dog Door (Part 2c) – Software Problems
This post is part of a series looking at the challenges faced when taking my initial idea and prototype I
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Automatic Dog Door (Part 2b) – Electrical Problems
This post is part of a series looking at the challenges faced when taking my initial idea and prototype automated
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Automatic Dog Door (Part 2a) – Mechanical Problems
In Part 1, I talked about my plan for creating an Automatic Dog Door, or more accurately a Pet Door,
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Automatic Dog Door (Part 1)
“And now for something completely different“, I’ve been covering the Raspberry Pi 4 and it’s associated accessories since it launched
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Node-RED Support for Pimoroni Automation-HAT/pHAT
I’ve recently been looking at how to simplify how non-programmers can start to create home automation solutions and stumbled across
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Multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting (Part 3 – Installation)
Installation of my multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting project is now complete. Taking the low cost approach has had some drawbacks,
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Multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting (Part 2b – WiFi LED Controller Selection)
This post is a follow up from Part 1 of my series of posts covering the installation of a multi-zone
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Multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting (Part 2a – LED Light Strip Diffusers)
Following on from Part 1 of this series on creating a multi-zone LED lighting system, I wanted to share an
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Multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting (Part 1 – Planning)
I’m starting on a project to add WiFi Controlled LED perimeter strip lights to a bedroom. I thought I’d capture
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