Welcome to the world of smart home innovation! If you’re eager to enhance your living space with cutting-edge technology, you’ve come to the right place. Today, we’ll show you how to transform the versatile ESP32C6 microcontroller into a HomeKit-enabled switch, complete with a responsive push button. Imagine controlling your lights, appliances, and more—all with a […]
ESP32C6 HomeKit – Switch Read More »
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new podcast, DeepDive! 🎉 This is the very first episode of many more to come, and we couldn’t be more excited to dive deep into the topics that matter most to us—and to you. What is DeepDive? DeepDive is not just another tech podcast. It’s a place where we
Exciting News: We Have a Podcast Now – Introducing DeepDive! Read More »
For those who follow my recent blogs, you might have noticed that I’ve created a new repository, ESP32-HomeKit. During the development of this project, I’ve been using a library called wolfSSL. But what exactly is wolfSSL, and who uses it? Let’s dive in and explore! What is wolfSSL? WolfSSL is a lightweight, portable, and highly optimized SSL/TLS
WolfSSL: A Beginner’s Guide to the Lightweight Security Library Read More »
We are on the eve of a lot of changes in the field of Home Smart accessories. Despite the fact that a lot still needs to be done, we take a dive into the deep end. We are going to make our first Matter accessories. Although it is still in development, this is the time
Matter | Development Read More »
What’s up fellow makers, today we do another little product review. I ordered and received a package from Omnifixo, and I’m quite keen to see what’s inside. All right, so let’s take a look. Omnifixo makes a “third hand”, perhaps you know those cheap third hands for soldering with the crock clams. Perhaps you know
In my previous blog here I tested the ESP HomeKit Software Development Kit. I am so enthusiastic about this Software Development Kit, that I going to write a few blogs about this genius software. In each Blog I will address a other accessory that you can add to your HomeKit without the need of a
ESP8266 – HomeKit Air Quality Sensor Read More »
After making a lot of ESP8266 HomeKit samples, it might be time to explain how to add more than one accessory to HomeKit. Take the ESP8285 – Power Plug for example. Suppose I want to add more than one power plug, how do you do that? I will explain hot to do multiple HomeKit Accessory
ESP8266 – HomeKit Accessory Pairing Read More »
Dad I want a Nintendo! that’s what I hear for days from my little princess. Ever since Mario is popular again, even Nintendo and LEGO introduced several Super Mario LEGO sets with an interactive Super Mario doll. Also the Nintendo game console is hip and happening again. Time to make my little princess happy. Hardware
Raspberry Pi – Super Nintendo Read More »
Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever. We all want things to go back to normal quickly. But what most of us have probably not yet realized—yet will soon—is that things won’t go back to normal after a few
Corona Virus – back to “Normal” Read More »
Dear readers of my blog, hardly anyone can have missed that we are currently dealing with a pandemic regarding the Corona virus. Because everything is closed here in the Netherlands, including the schools, I want to spend the best possible time with my children. For now the measures taken by our government are valid for
