Network Revamp

Our WiFi has been painfully slow, so I’m going to try an overhaul and document it this time. I can barely remember the specifics of how I originally set it up and have limited notes, so I’m basically starting from scratch. Right now I basically have two networks, the one provided by my ISP (a […]

MySensors – Part 1

I’m trying to give MySensors another chance; I gave it a half-hearted attempt when I first got started with home automation, but never got very far. I’m going to demo this with an OG Raspberry Pi B and if it works and I like it, I might transfer it over to another Pi that’s already […]

OpenLitter – Update 3: ESP32 Software

I haven’t made much progress on this project, partly due to shifting priorities (I got a new smart doorbell) and partly due to frustrations with programming the ESP32 with microPython. I feel like I’m going insane, performing the exact same operations within uPyCraft would sometimes work perfectly and others do nothing. I still want to program […]

Raspberry Pi Dashboard – Software

This post is coming out before the accompanying hardware post, which is a little backwards as it shows off the finished hardware… but oh well. This dashboard has been running for a few months, but unfortunately my SD card got corrupted and I didn’t have a backup. So now I’m actually documenting the set up […]