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 »
Learn how to easily ssh into many Raspberry Pis without passwords
This post was prompted by an exchange I saw on a RasPi Facebook group a couple of weeks ago. It started when someone asked how many »
"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" »
Track Network Connections - Installing Fing on a Raspberry Pi
What is Fing? Most users of Raspberry Pi have needed to find its IP address on their local network. A quick goggle at Google, and we »
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 »
Measuring Speed of Rotation with an Arduino, a LED, and an LDR (Light Dependent Resistor)
A couple of days ago I watched a YouTube video where a guy pointed a device at a spinning disk. The disk's rotation speed was displayed »
Creating a fantastic portable sound & light show on Raspberry Pi Zero
Last summer a relative showed me his Tesla Model X do its impressive Sound & Light show. If you've never seen it, click here. I decided »