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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In my previous blog I wrote about the ESP HomeKit SDK and then I realize I needed some distribution system of some kind. Then I found LifeCycle-manager made by HomeACcessoryKid on git hub. This is exactly what I need! Lifecycle management The LifeCycle Manager (LCM) tracks software and firmware versions. Firmware is software, inclusive of …
When you are starting with KiCad you will soon be searching if there is a option to add custom parts. KiCad has all common parts in it’s standard libraries, but it can’t hold all parts that are on the market. SnapEDA solved the KiCad libraries “problem”, SnapEDA is a free online CAD library for KiCad, …
I always wanted to connect something over Bluetooth if found this module the AT 09 BLE module. But first I need to know how it works. AT 09 BLE Module The AT-09 is a module that contains a BLE chip (a CC2540/CC2541). This module allows to perform serial communication with the BLE chip thanks to …
