The first question that probably comes to your mind is “What?, Why?” when you read this headline: ESP HomeKit SDK – On a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Well I tell you why. While I was waiting for some stuff from Aliexpress I had noting else to do. I seems that I would not receive my […]
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When I reinstalled my iMac with macOS Catalina in January 2020 I stubbled upon a error that I had seen before but I convenience ignored every time it popped-up. The first time I read it I thought I will fix it when I need to. But now I can’t ignore it anymore. the message I
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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
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The last time I installed the ESP SDK for the “standard” ESP8266 modules. Now I need to install the toolchain for the new model the ESP32. This goes slightly different than the the toolchain for the ESP8266. Here I will help you setup this toolchain step by step. Standard Setup of Toolchain for
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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
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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
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Now that I have the ESP HomeKit SDK up and running its time to add a cool feature. A QR Code Just like the official HomeKit products have. Once you have your iOS device and your HomeKit hardware, you’ll need to add it to your Home app. To do that, you’ll be asked to enter
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Okay this was also next level for me! I had absolutely no experience with compiling c code to binary files. But that makes it so attractive for me to jump into the deep and see how far I get. I have to admit that it took me a lot of time. Eventually it also succeeded
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Remember the movie “Edge of Tomorrow“? (also known by its marketing tagline Live. Die. Repeat.) Cage is killed in combat, he finds himself in a time loop that sends him back to the day preceding the battle every time he dies. Kinda like the ESP8266 when it repeatedly resetting… Nothing you try makes a difference!
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I was well on my way with my Powerunit© project until I stumbled upon a problem. I had created my GitHub repository, uploaded all scripts. Everything deems to go well, but when I installed the scrips on my Raspberry Pi© it returned the error message code=exited, status=203/EXEC. So it’s time for a thorough investigation before
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