Cricket Version 2
A few months ago, I blogged about the Cricket board from ThingsonEdge. The post created a bit of a stir in the community. A reminder - »
Remote On/Off Switch for Blynk Relay - using ThingsonEdge Cricket, Node Red, and MQTT
Like most makers, my home is automated - not with off-the-shelf IoT devices, but with home-built switches and relays, Raspberry Pis and ESPs. My first remote »
Display colourful live graphs on any Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks
My last post was about the Cricket ESP8266 board, a tiny device that lets you run an ESP8266 for months on a single AA battery. In »
"Cricket" from Things on Edge
A chance encounter on a Facebook group brought me - literally - to the Edge. I read a post in which someone mentioned the ThingsonEdge "Cricket" »
Your IoT devices may be disconnecting your router - a quick, simple, and inexpensive fix
A couple of months ago I posted a project to build a router-restarter with an simple ESP8266 and a relay. The post proved to be very »
Make an automatic router re-starter for $3 with an ESP8266 01 and single relay
The weakest link of our digital lives at home is the pipe into our house and the device it's attached to. Our cable-modem allows our equipment »
Make an amazing $6 digital radio with an old ESP8266 and a VS1053 decoder
As always, before I begin my description, I'd like to give credit to the original creators of this project. It's called Ka-Radio and there's an instructable »
Real VR Shooter and the Geekcon Re-use
Last week I once again participated in the great Geekcon event. If you haven't heard of it, Geekcon is an one weekend event where people come »
Outdoor apparatus to log data straight to Google Sheets from a BME280 Temp/Humidity/Pressure sensor
About a year ago I posted a blog describing how to log temperature straight to google sheets from a DS18B20 temperature sensor. New Version This blog »
How to make a smart switch for less than $10 that works with Google Home (and other smart assistants)
Several acquaintances have asked for instructions to build a switch that can be operated from a phone app, and/or virtual assistant (Google Home, Alexa, etc) »