In my previous blog you could read how I made a proper home for my Homebridge project. The goal should be to make a casing that feels and looks like a Apple product , simplifying installation and eliminating clutter. So at first I took the dimensions from the Apple TV 4 casing, As then, I […]
Raspberry Pi Zero W – Homebridge
If you’ve followed my previous blogs here and here then you have a Raspberry Pi Zero W running on Raspbian, well configured and connected to your Wi-Fi network. Now you are ready to install homebrige on your Pi. Acces your Raspberry Pi Zero W First open the Terminal on your mac. The first thing to […]
Apple Homekit – Ikea Light
The IKEA Tradfri lamps have been so far only available in white tones. This will change in October, because the furniture giant will add colored lamps. Around the same time, there is an update of the Tradfri app, which hopefully added the promised HomeKit support. IKEA lamps in color One big drawback is that the […]
Raspberry pi – webmin and Let’s Encrypt
After my last blog about installing webmin for your raspberry pi, now it’s time to secure your system with let’s Encrypt. Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. Let’s Encrypt is a service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). In this blog you will […]
Raspberry Pi – Webmin
Manage your Raspberry Pi from a web browser Webmin is a web interface that allows you to easily manage a Linux system, including a Raspberry Pi with which Raspbian is installed. If you’re new to the world of Rapsberry Pi and Raspbian, the tool can be very useful for managing the system. Recently, Webmin has […]
Raspberry Pi Zero W – headless Wifi configuration
After getting my hands on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, that for approximately € 11,00 include Wifi and Bluetooth. now I wan t to setup my Pi headless, this means I need to make a connection over wifi trough ssh. This post contains the instructions for configuring the Raspberry Pi Zero W so that he […]
Apple Homebridge – Door Lock
It has been a while sins I made a module for my homebridge, now I wanted to see if I could make a door lock. First I needed a door lock so I found this one. You can also use a door lock opener like this one. For those who haven’t read my previous post, […]
Raspberry Pi – Zero W
Last year, when the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the Pi Zero and that it would cost only €5,50 and come free with an upcoming issue of the Pi themed magazine MagPi, everyone went crazy for it. Even over a year later, the Zeros are hard to purchase due to demand. To achieve this price point […]
Arduino – Connecting a ESP8266-1
The main aim of this project is to control home appliance over the internet. I was trying to make an project for the Apple HomeBridge and I decided to keep the Arduino Nano and add a ESP8266-1 module. It works by connecting the Arduino to the internet through esp8266 WiFi module. This setup is a […]
Arduino – Air Pollution Monitoring System
In this project I’m making a Air Pollution Monitoring System in which we will monitor the Air Quality over a webserver using internet and will trigger a alarm when the air quality goes down beyond a certain level, means when there are sufficient amount of harmful gases are present in the air like CO2, smoke, […]