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Automated Dog Door
Automatic Pet Door Home Automation Projects 

Automatic Dog Door (Part 3) – Version 1.0 Complete

6th November 202023rd January 2021 Martin 0 Comments Automation, Home Assistant, Home Automation, Particle Photon, Stepper

This post is the final part of a series from initial idea and prototype automated dog/pet door I described in Part

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Wall mounted multisensor and ultra sonic sensor for measuring salt level in water softener
Home Automation Projects 

Water Softener Salt Level Monitor (and more)

7th June 202014th March 2021 Martin 18 Comments Arduino, Home Assistant, Home Automation, Wemos

Living in a hard water area is a pain, so several years ago we had a water softener installed which

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Broadband Utilisation Display
Projects 

Broadband Utilisation Display

31st May 20207th June 2020 Martin 16 Comments Arduino, SNMP, Wemos

We’ve always relied heavily on our home broadband but even more so during the current COVID19 lockdown. The whole family

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Photo by Fabian Grohs on Unsplash
Automatic Pet Door Home Automation Projects 

Automatic Dog Door (Part 2c) – Software Problems

8th March 20204th July 2021 Martin 0 Comments Automation, Particle Photon, Stepper

This post is part of a series looking at the challenges faced when taking my initial idea and prototype I

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Photo by Victor Aznabaev on Unsplash
Automatic Pet Door Home Automation Projects 

Automatic Dog Door (Part 2b) – Electrical Problems

1st March 20207th November 2020 Martin 0 Comments Automation, Particle Photon, Stepper

This post is part of a series looking at the challenges faced when taking my initial idea and prototype automated

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Metal Gears Photo by Bill Oxford on Unsplash
Automatic Pet Door Home Automation Projects 

Automatic Dog Door (Part 2a) – Mechanical Problems

29th February 20207th November 2020 Martin 0 Comments Automation, Particle Photon, Stepper

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
Automatic Pet Door Home Automation Projects 

Automatic Dog Door (Part 1)

1st December 20197th November 2020 Martin 0 Comments Automation, Particle Photon, Stepper

“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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Guide Home Automation Projects 

Node-RED Support for Pimoroni Automation-HAT/pHAT

1st September 20183rd March 2022 Martin 3 Comments Automation, Automation-HAT, Node-RED, Pimoroni, Raspberry Pi

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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