It’d be a real stretch to say I needed to automate the blinds in my apartment, but it was fun, and I’m loving the result. Blinds open automatically at sunrise and close at sundown. It’s nice to wake up to the sun! I designed most of this setup myself, and wanted to share how I […]
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Webpack with Arduino and PlatformIO
Web development for embedded devices sucks. More often than not, it involves editing concatenated strings in a header file. Even some of the most popular web projects like Tasmota, WiFiManager, and esphome work like this. If you’ve done any web development recently, it’s probably involved build tooling like Webpack. This makes it super easy to […]
Ready-Made MiLight Hub
h4nc over at the HomeAssistant community forums has put together a spectacular ready-made hardware set for my ESP8266 MiLight Hub software. This includes a PCB and a 3D-printed case. These look super snazzy, and will remove a lot of the guesswork from the setup process (skip the jumper wire fiddling and head-scratching when you read […]