Home Automation

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Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32

20 August 2021 9 min read 3,409 views

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

Washing Machine notifications via Home Assistant and Sonos Smart Speakers

15 August 2021 4 min read 16,291 views

Audio notifications for when the washing machine needs to be emptied via Home Assistant and Sonos speakers

Sonoff POW R2 Smart Switch power consumption modification

15 August 2021 6 min read 8,197 views

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

Home Data Logger Zigbee Sensor Upgrades

15 May 2021 6 min read 4,508 views

We have added several new Zigbee sensors to our smart home system which runs Home Assistant and the sensors talk to the home Linux server using Zigbee2mqtt

Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown

19 December 2020 9 min read 26,462 views

Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 4th generation smart speaker, find out how Alexa is listening to you

Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart Speaker with Clock Teardown

18 December 2020 6 min read 6,141 views

Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation smart speaker with a built-in LED clock on the side

Sonos Door and Window Alerts from Home Assistant

01 November 2020 5 min read 4,693 views

Using Zigbee door and window sensors to trigger alerts in Home Assistant to our tablets, phones and Sonos smart speakers.

Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Modification

25 October 2020 4 min read 9,408 views

Modifying a Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage

Adding 10Gb Fibre to the home network

24 October 2020 10 min read 13,067 views

Everyone needs some fibre in their diet and we have added more to the home network using 10Gb Fibre to connect our computers and Synology network storage devices via a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN network switch

Amazon Echo Flex Teardown

28 March 2020 20 min read 13,702 views

Teardown of an Amazon Echo Flex smart plug which listens to your commands via the Alexa service and replies using a very tiny speaker

Amazon Echo Input Teardown

03 December 2019 7 min read 23,382 views

Teardown of the Amazon Echo Input and trying to extract the firmware

Echo Dot 3rd Gen Digging Deeper

10 August 2019 30 min read 32,785 views

Digging deeper into the Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation smart speaker

Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart speaker Teardown

21 July 2019 5 min read 84,913 views

Teardown of the Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation Smart speaker

Solar Hot Water to 1-Wire Interface

30 May 2018 3 min read 4,488 views

Adding a 1-Wire Interface to our Solar Hot Water Controller to allow it to talk to our home server and data logger

Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data Logging

14 March 2018 4 min read 9,765 views

Using Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data to log sensor data for our home using different types of wired and wireless sensors

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Home Automation

Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32

Washing Machine notifications via Home Assistant and Sonos Smart Speakers

Sonoff POW R2 Smart Switch power consumption modification

Home Data Logger Zigbee Sensor Upgrades

Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown

Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart Speaker with Clock Teardown

Sonos Door and Window Alerts from Home Assistant

Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Modification

Adding 10Gb Fibre to the home network

Amazon Echo Flex Teardown

Amazon Echo Input Teardown

Echo Dot 3rd Gen Digging Deeper

Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart speaker Teardown

Solar Hot Water to 1-Wire Interface

Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data Logging

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