I’d like to announce an exciting new project that we’ve begun work on here at This Smart House – a Smart RV! Here’s the idea: Let’s take an RV that’s […]
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Category: Smart Home
Posts related to Smart Home and relevant technologies.
HOWTO: Flash firmware on a Sonoff T1 switch
Sonoff is a very popular vendor of IoT devices for the makers among us for two big reasons. First, they are very affordable — and second — like the Sonoff […]
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Consolidating IoT Logs into MySQL Using rsyslog
Logs are only useful if you look at them, learn how you can use rsyslog to consolidate your entire IoT logging into a single MySQL database for easy viewing.
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Reprogramming a $30 WiFi Switch with CoogleIOT
Being a little obsessed with home automation, and a guy on a budget, is hard. Turns out smart switches, lights, etc. start to add up really fast and once you […]
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Building a 3D Printed, WiFi enabled, Peristaltic Pump
Need to move exact amounts of fluid, and want to control how that happens over WiFi? Build your own WiFi enabled peristaltic pump!
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Building a 3D Printed Magnetic Stirrer
Brewing beer? Mixing vape juices? Or maybe paints? Use your 3D Printed to build your own magnetic stirrer with some easy to use off-the-shelf parts!
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Building a DIY WiFi-Enabled MightyMule Gate Opener
Rather than purchasing an expensive WiFi-enabled smart gate opener, build one yourself with a few dollars in components – I’ll show you how. When we purchased our house it came […]
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Building Your Very Own Wall-Mounted Game Console
Turn a Raspberry Pi into a full featured, wall-mounted arcade game console in a weekend! When I was a kid right down the street there was a guy who […]
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