Saving power on the home network
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
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
Washing Machine notifications via Home Assistant and Sonos Smart Speakers
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Teardown of the Amazon Echo Input and trying to extract the firmware
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