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ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter

30 October 2022 7 min read Solar Power Electronics Home Automation

Using an ESP32 WiFi module to create a ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Solar PV Inverter to log data with Home Assistant

Ham Radio Asterisk Allstar Gateway with a Tait 8110 and Raspberry Pi

08 October 2022 16 min read Radio and RF Electronics Raspberry Pi

Setting up the hardware and software for an AllStar Link Gateway using a Tait TM8110 which is a 25W PMR radio with a Raspberry Pi and USB sound card interface

Nest Thermostat to Home Assistant via 1-Wire, Arduino and MQTT

22 September 2022 4 min read Home Automation Electronics Programming and Code

Connecting our Nest Thermostat 3rd Gen to Home Assistant via 1-wire and an Arduino Uno to capture the 1-wire sensor data

USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8110 PMR Radios

08 September 2022 5 min read Radio and RF Electronics

Making a USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8000 series PMR Radios to use as Ham Radio repeaters

myenergi eddi solar power diverter installation with WiFi

28 August 2022 7 min read Solar Power Home Automation Electronics

We got the new eddi V2.1 from myenergi with built-in WiFi and ethernet to add to our home solar system and Home Assistant.

Home Solar PV Panels Upgrade Finished

19 July 2022 7 min read Solar Power

Our new 1.6kW solar array has now been fitted and is working much better than we expected

Home Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display

08 June 2022 9 min read Electronics Home Automation

Making a remote display using an ESP32 eInk ePaper module to show data from our Home Assistant system

Solar Upgrade Solis 1.5kW inverter and Raspberry Pi RS485 Logging

17 May 2022 32 min read Solar Power Electronics Home Automation

A new solar PV inverter installed with Raspberry Pi RS485 data logging

Yaesu FP-1030A Power Supply Repair

06 April 2022 6 min read Electronics

Fault finding and repairing a Ham Radio Yaesu FP-1030A Power Supply which had a hidden manufacturing defect on the PCB

Solar Panel Supplier Zero Home Bills Scammed me out of £640

26 March 2022 4 min read Solar Power

I fell for an online scam from a fake online store for solar panels and lost a lot of money

Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug with energy monitoring relay replacement

13 March 2022 5 min read Home Automation Electronics

Repairing a Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug which has a dead relay

Home Assistant Setup in 2022

18 February 2022 8 min read Home Automation Raspberry Pi Electronics

This post details our journey with Home Assistant since we first tried the software in 2016 and various upgrades with our hardware sensors and software to automate some of our home.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W external antenna mod

06 December 2021 6 min read Raspberry Pi Electronics

Modifying a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to add an external antenna with a U.FL RF connector

Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown

30 November 2021 20 min read Home Automation Electronics

Tearing down an Amazon Echo Show 5, 2021 2nd generation smart speaker and display

Saving power on the home network

07 November 2021 7 min read Home Automation

As part of our ongoing quest to reduce our energy usage and carbon footprint, we have installed a compressive home energy logging system which uses various sensors to monitor our energy consumption, generation and environment data, which are collated in Home Assistant and also on our home logger

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