So recently I’ve been looking to find a small low powered machine that I could use as a small media server. I’m currently abroad so I was looking for a light weight machine that I could move around quite easily, but would also be sufficiently …
Read MoreWLED: My First Experience Setting up an LED Controllor Using the QuinLED-Dig-Quad
Over the festive period, it seems like my online feeds were full to the brim with festive/holiday/celebration lighting projects. I must confess, aside from some addressable RGB stuff I had on my pc build, I hadn’t really played with it. I felt like I was …
Read MoreThe Beginner’s Guide to Node-red with Home-Assistant (Part 3: Timers)
If you’ve read part 1 and part 2, then you’ll already know how to work with MQTT (both receiving and sending commands), how to take sensor information from home-assistant as well as control entities directly in home-assistant, and most importantly, how to work with the …
Read MoreThe Beginner’s Guide to Node-red with Home-Assistant (Part 2: Switch Node)
In part 1 of this series we discussed simple configuration of the MQTT in and out nodes, how to send a payload of On or Off and how to monitor incoming information in the debug window. In this post we’re going to expand on this …
Read MoreThe Beginner’s Guide to Node-red with Home-Assistant (Part 1: MQTT)
I’ve been helping a fair few people online recently with some introductory operations in node-red. I thought I would write a kind of primer to help the beginner get up to speed with some functional flows. I see a lot of information online about how …
Read MoreYour Smarthome Academy: A Collection of Resources to Learn From
With the popularity of smarthomes increasing and more interest in connectivity in general, I have seen a lot of requests online from people looking for advice or resources to learn more. These people are usually at the start of their journey and are looking for …
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