My Home Automation Journey Several years back, I got into the home automation game, sadly for me, at the time I was trying to automate “all the things”, it was just too chaotic lacking any… Build a $14 WiFi Temperature & Humidity Sensor with ESP8266 and Home Assistant
Recently I was faced with an interesting challenge at work. How could I monitor our paging infrastructure (pagers, yes pagers, I work in healthcare) to ensure it was up and running 24 hours a day,… Using Arduino to Monitor Healthcare Paging Infrastructure
I’ve slowly been able to expand my home lab to include the type of equipment that allows me to continually improve my technical skills as well as experiment with home automation and DIY electronics. As my home lab has… DIY Home Lab Environment Monitoring with Arduino and DHT22 Sensor
I’ve recently redesigned my Retro WiFi Radio project to include some “extra” functionality and the design requirements required some tiny spacing of the components in addition to some tiny SMD parts. While I’m all for… DIY PCB Reflow Soldering with a $40 Toaster Oven
I am working on a larger projected and have decided the Arduino ATMEGA328 (which seem to be hard to find in stock online) would be the best choice for the project. Seeing as how the… Getting Started with the MAX7219 LED Driver and Arduino: 7-Segment Display Tutorial
I finally got my order in from SparkFun.com this morning and couldn’t wait to try my hand at building out my Arduino boards. I’ve talked about them before here. The challenge was the USB to… Building My First DIY Arduino: A $15 Bare-Bones Board from SparkFun Parts