I’m planning on building a Word Clock myself, which I will write an article about later in the project. One of the parts that I’m going to use for this clock is an RGB led strip with individual addressable LED’s. When then arrived in the mail, I put together a small test using an Arduino to see how amazing those LED’s are. Continue reading Connecting an Arduino to a WS2812B LED Strip with individual addressable LED’s
eryk May 15, 2017
Posted In: Arduino
For a few years I watched the robotic vacuum cleaner market develop, looking for the right moment to get myself one. After a recent move to a new house I decided that this would be a nice moment to finally get of those robots and add them to my home automation system. After a little review I came up with a list of features I wanted the vacuum cleaner to have. I made the conclusion that the Ecovacs Deebot M88 would be a nice one to get started with.
Continue reading Unboxing: Ecovacs Deebot M88
eryk February 11, 2017
Posted In: Unboxing
Since I have an outside temperature sensor which reports to OpenHAB, I wanted to use this sensor as a personal weather station (PWS) on Weather Underground.
Continue reading Submit temperature from OpenHAB to Weather Underground
eryk February 11, 2017
Tags: openhab, pws, rules, weather underground
Recently I’ve switched to OpenHAB and now I wanted to control the ESP8266 LED Dimmer using OpenHAB. So I’ve put a script together that can be used to set the dimming level using a slider in OpenHAB.
Continue reading Control an ESP8266 LED Dimmer using OpenHAB
eryk August 24, 2016
The GPIO pins of the ESP8266 makes it possible to create a very simple temperature logger, which logs the data directly to the free cloud of ThingSpeak. By using only a DHT22 temperature/humidity sensor, and an ESP8266, it is possible to create a realtime feed of temperature and humidity by using your own wifi network.
Continue reading Temperature logging to ThingSpeak using ESP8266 and DHT22
eryk April 5, 2016
Posted In: ESP8266
Tags: DHT22, esp8622, sensor, temperature, ThinkSpeak
For more than a year I’ve used Domoticz as controller for my home automation setup. It worked well, but never really as I wanted it to. Looking for a flexible, more open alternative I gave OpenHAB a try. And although it’s not as easy to start with as Domoticz, for me it’s definitely here to stay.
Continue reading Setup OpenHAB as home automation controller on Debian 8 (Jessie)
eryk March 29, 2016
Tags: openhab
After having the Wifi RGB Controller from my previous blog post for a few months, I’ve wanted to control a new LED strip as kitchen lighting. This time I did not used the H801, but decided to order the parts and build myself a Wifi LED Dimmer using the ESP8266.
Continue reading ESP8266 Wifi LED Dimmer
eryk February 12, 2016
Posted In: ESP8266
Tags: esp8266, led dimmer
One of the most widely available RGB-led solutions is probably the Philips Hue series. And that is for a reason. After years of reading reviews and articles about Hue, I’ve recently decided to jump in by buying a Philips Hue Starter Pack GU10.
Continue reading Philips Hue Starter Pack GU10 review
eryk January 18, 2016
Posted In: Philips Hue
Last week a new order from China arrived. I’ve ordered a RGB led strip, with some wifi controller that should be based on the ESP8266 chip and is said to be hackable. I gave it a try and wrote my own software for it.
Continue reading ESP8266 based Wifi RGB Controller (H801)
eryk October 28, 2015
In my previous post I’ve talked about my choice for Domoticz as main controller of my home automation system. In this post I will explain what Domoticz is, and how you can easily set it up.
Continue reading Domoticz – Controller software for home automation
eryk October 24, 2015
Tags: controller, domoticz