Jun 11, 2021DIY Smart gardeningThis is the next blog post in a series where I’m explaining how and what I did to.. well do less.. at least when it comes to watering the plants :) This time, I finally make use of the weather station I build a couple of months ago. But I…Esp82664 min readEsp82664 min read
Mar 10, 2021Follow up: Temperature/Rain SensorThis is a follow up on this article: => Click. A couple of weeks after I build the temperature and rain sensor, I’m now coming back to this with quite some improvements, which I’d like to share with you. Problem I: Short lifetime of rain sensor The rain sensor only worked for like 1 1/2 months. Due…Homebridge3 min readHomebridge3 min read
Jan 17, 2021Building a night light using an ESP8266 and an Ardafruit NeoPixel RingIn the not too distant future, my daughter will be born. Of course, in the first months, she will sleep next to our bed. As my wife needs to feed the baby in the night, we were searching for a night light. It should be super simple. Just a button…Esp82662 min readEsp82662 min read
Dec 22, 2020Building a Homekit enabled weather station using Homebridge and an ESP8266Beware, there’s a follow up on this article. — — — — My wife likes to grow her own vegetables on our balcony. The problem with this however is, that one also needs to water the plants (first world problems right?) As the tech guy I am, I was going…Esp82669 min readEsp82669 min read
