Hey guys, first of all I’d like to introduce myself to everyone. My name is Jack, commonly known as Jackk or JackkTutorials over on YouTube where I do technology tutorials on home auto... Read more
We cannot be around the ones we love as much as we would wish. It is hard enough being there for your children but what about parents who might live hours away up the motorway or just across... Read more
TL;DR: It should be fairly straight forward to add a Raspberry Pi controlled heating and hot water system to a standard UK domestic set up and, more importantly, remove it again without mes... Read more
Introduction There is new technology all around us and only more coming every day automate. Our micro controllers are getting faster, are phones getting smarter, and the cloud is becoming st... Read more
My home has been solar powered since June 2013 and the power system has proven its reliability. I’m a proud owner of an OFF GRID solar power system. I decided to publish this instructa... Read more
Node-RED is a visual tool for wiring the Internet of Things that can be run on a Raspberry Pi and allows for rapid prototyping of projects. In this tutorial we will first set up Node-RED on... Read more
Some time ago, I embarked on a project to control my Gaggia Classic Espresso machine with a Raspberry Pi. Obviously, you can buy a fully automatic “bean to cup” machine… but where’s the fun... Read more
Background I want to implement a Raspberry Pi controlled heating and hot water system. On the hot water side, the objectives are Primary Always ensure there is sufficient hot water available... Read more
In this project, we use a Grove DHT (Digital Humidity and Temperature) sensor as a Raspberry Pi weather temperature sensor. This project uses a Grove RGB LCD display, connected to the Raspb... Read more
Like any good “lazy programmer,” I’m always looking for ways to automate. This spring’s project: monitoring Garden Care and watering my garden. I had a wifi-enabled Raspberry Pi laying aroun... Read more
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