Electronics
Projects using electronic components and circuits

Nest Thermostat to Home Assistant via 1-Wire, Arduino and MQTT
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
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
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 Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display
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
A new solar PV inverter installed with Raspberry Pi RS485 data logging

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

Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug with energy monitoring relay replacement
Repairing a Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug which has a dead relay

Home Assistant Setup in 2022
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
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
Tearing down an Amazon Echo Show 5, 2021 2nd generation smart speaker and display

Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant
Controlling our loft radiator with a Zigbee controlled thermostatic radiator valve and Home Assistant.

Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant
Adding new MQTT sensors to Home Assistant to log Gas meter usage data

Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant
Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant

Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32
Adding remote Wi-Fi data access to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar PV inverter using an Espressif ESP32-WROOM-32UE module

Sonoff POW R2 Smart Switch power consumption mod
Modifying a Sonoff POWR2 Smart Switch with energy monitoring to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage

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