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Opinion: No Cloud Please

Needing a cloud service to operate your Smart Home products is not always the best option, and here in this post I explore why

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IKEA TRÅDFRI On/Off Switch Teardown

A look inside IKEA's wireless TRADFRI On/Off Dimmer Switch! This really is a masterclass in designing a wireless button by IKEA.

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The most useless IoT table lamp in existence

How I made the most useless IoT table lamp in existence. Now comes with mechanical and electrical design comments!

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Orange Pi Zero/Dash Button Access Point Setup

This is a very condensed tutorial on how to set up an OrangePi running Armbian as an access point to intercept Dash Button commands, allowing you to have wireless buttons on the cheap. This is a project that migrates the existing solution I had on my Raspberry Pi 3 to

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Artificial Assistant

Ever wanted a artificial assistant that you control? Well now you can! With all the api's floating around, it is extremely simple to build a Siri-like/Alexa device that you can completely program and control in Python. This also avoids the somewhat uncomfortable idea that a company has a listening

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The ESP8266 Module

The ESP8266 module is a low-cost wifi chip that was released by Espressif Systems and came to the attention of hobbyists in 2014 when AI-Thinker released the ESP-01 module. Since then there has been a proliferation of chips and breakout boards released to the public. There are many guides out