Getting an IKEA Motion Sensor to work in Node Red
I usually start my posts by warning readers that I'm an amateur with no background in coding or electronics. I write these blogs because while I'm »
Make a Remote Temp Sensor with Permanent Display inside your House
Most of us use a phone app to see the temperature outside - which is fine if you don't mind receiving a reading from a sensor »
Connecting Switcher Devices to Node Red
One of the first commercial home automation devices I bought was a hot water boiler switch from Switcher. Like most remote devices, it came with its »
Cricket Version 2
Update November 2022 - it seems that ThingsonEdge didn't make it and the cricket is no longer available. Their web and social media presence have disappeared »
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 »
"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" »