Introduction With winter come closed windows and doors, the air quality might be of less quality in such conditions. So I took the opportunity of a visit at IKEA to buy a VINDRIKTNING. This is a PM2,5 device indicating air quality with green/amber/red light. The goal of this post is to make it smart and […]
Introduction This article is a follow-up of my previous (old) French post “Domotiser une ancienne chaudière mazout : Gestion du thermostat“. That previous built used a custom firmware to control relays, measure water temps and show status on a OLED screen. Time has past and Tasmota is a very capable and easy to integrate framework. […]
A summarized guide in using Node-RED and JavaScript to schedule per room temperature with help of MOES Zigbee valves.
Introduction After having written about monitoring and driving an old fuel furnace, next step was to control a fancy thermodynamic boiler to optimize energy boiler uses. My boiler is a Remeha Azorra 200E, I wanted to be able to monitor its proper functioning: Measure power consumption; Mesure temperatures of air inlet, water tank and water […]
Introduction I quickly put together this article to provide guidance on how I flashed my cheap AliExpress ZigBee Smart plug. These are also known as Tuya TS011F. Consider this as a work in progress article. The purpose is to fix a firmware flaw causing the plugs to turn off when reaching 251 volts. Even if […]
Introduction When it comes to sourcing of cheap devices, AliExpress is a premium option. When it is Black Friday, well. You must have a look. Here is a selection of key products to build your home automation and strengthen your network mesh. Don’t tell anyone… Here are extra discounts All products on AliExpress : valid […]
Introduction This project is about controlling power plugs connected to standing lights in my living room. I’ve a set of 3 plugs with one remote controller. The remote controller uses radio-frequencies (RF) to sent commands to the plugs. The RF are of the common 433 Mhz. My current home automation is hosted in-house and built […]
Introduction Given the current events, most of us probably have some free time. This is the perfect opportunity to plan your next PC configuration 🙂 This article does not aim to be the cheapest or even the most powerful but rather to be the most balanced. The products listed here are the ones I would […]