View of the components belonging to the Sonoff iFan03. Another view. In order for the module to be programmed, you must first open the housing and remove the circuit board. […]
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Category: Tasmota
HowTo: Tasmota – Flash Tasmota firmware using Tuya-Convert
Flashing devices with the ESP8266 is already described in the article ESP8266 – Flashing .bin files under Windows with the “Esptool”. But many ready-made SmartHome devices such as various sockets […]
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Tasmota – Configure shut-off delay for relay-output
Letting a relay run with a shut-off delay is actually a function that is used quite often. Unfortunately (at least until today) this is not so easy to implement with […]
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HowTo: ESPEasy – Water Level sensor with VL53L0X / VL53L1X
I recently stumbled across the VL53L0X and VL53L1X TOF distance sensors. These sensors can determine distances with millimeter accuracy using a laser. In addition, they have a range of up […]
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HowTo: ESP8266 – Flashing .bin files under Windows using “Esptool”
The actual flashing of firmware files such as .bin files or “binarys” on the Wemos D1 Mini, the NodeMcu dev board or any other board that is based on the […]
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HowTo: Node Red – Control the Facebook(*)-Lamp
The article NodeRed/Tasmota – Building a Facebook(*) Icon Lamp explains how to build your own Facebook (*) lamp. The goal is to link these later with your SmartHome and, for […]
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How To: Node Red – Control the WhatsApp(*)-lamp
In the article NodeRed/Tasmota – Building a WhatsApp(*) Icon Lamp explains how to build your own WhatsApp (*) lamp. The goal is to link these later with your SmartHome and, […]
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HowTo: NodeRed – Control the Instagram(*)-Lamp
The article NodeRed/Tasmota – Building an Instagram (*) icon lamp explains how to build your own Instagram (*) lamp. The goal is to link these later with your SmartHome and, […]
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Image collection: Tasmota – Building a World-Map-Lamp
This article actually contains rather a colorful collection of photos originated from the time before Nerdiy.de. At that time, I built a map of the world as a decoration for […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – firmware flashing
Besides the hardware, the right software for your project is just as important. A practical and universally applicable firmware for the “forest-and-meadow microcontroller” ESP8266 is the Tasmota firmware. This allows […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Configure automatic switch-off of the output
Automatically dropping relays are known, for example, from the stairwell. The light is switched on by pressing a button. Without having to press the button again, the light is automatically […]
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How To: NodeRed/Tasmota – A “deadman switch” or how to use the absence of status messages as an event
I have to admit I’ve never seen them before, but there are supposed to be so-called dead-man switches on trains. These switches with the somewhat macabre name are a whole […]
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HowTo: NodeRed – Embed and use Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge
The articles Tasmota – Configuring the Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge and teaching Sockets and Sonoff – 433Mhz RF Bridge flashing Tasmota firmware explain how to prepare the Sonoff RF Bridge […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Build your own Retro-Bulb-Smart-Home-Lamp
Some may recognized in the Retro-speaker project, that it is a small hobby of me to give old things a new benefit. If you can also improve the old technology […]
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HowTo: NodeRed – Control devices and read sensors with Apple HomeKit
You can curse or deify about Apple devices, but what Apple has solved very well is the integration of SmartHome components in their operating systems. So iOs brings directly brings […]
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How To: Node Red – Integrate 433Mhz SOS Push Button
In the article about the 433Mhz mini push-button, I had already reported on my wanderings through the wonders of the electronic product world. On this trip I also noticed a […]
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Build your own open source SmartHome
I have to admit that I have not yet found the perfect solution to clearly list all SmartHome-relevant articles. In order to bring at least a little overview into the […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Configuring the Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge and teaching Sockets
After flashing the Sonoff RF Bridge – as described in the article Sonoff – 433Mhz RF Bridge flashing Tasmota firmware – with the Tasmota firmware, it is time to correctly […]
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HowTo: NodeRed/Tasmota – Build a Facebook(*) Icon Lamp
After I recently found a way to forward notifications from my phone to my SmartHome, I have now considered a few ways to use this “useful” as possible. At first, […]
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HowTo: NodeRed/Tasmota – Build an Instagram(*) Icon Lamp
In the article NodeRed/Tasmota – Building a Facebook Icon Lamp, I described why, in my opinion, a Facebook lamp is a useful thing if you want to be sure about […]
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HowTo: NodeRed/Tasmota – Build a WhatsApp(*) Icon Lamp
In the article “NodeRed/Tasmota – Building a Facebook Icon Lamp” and “NodeRed/Tasmota – Building an Instagram Icon Lamp” I described why these lamps can be quite useful if your up […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Build your own SmartHome Gloworm lamp
The other day, I found the mason jar pictured below on the shelves of a large Swedish furniture company. Mason jars are not an invention from Sweden. I would almost […]
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HowTo: Sonoff – 433Mhz RF Bridge flashing Tasmota firmware
The Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge is a cheap and easy way to drive devices that communicate with each other over the 433Mhz radio frequency. In principle, as the name suggests, […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – WS2812 Fairy lights to build yourself
From the construction of the world map lamp I had a few plastic lamp housings over. These lay for a long time lonely on the shelf, until I came up […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Sonoff S26 flashing with Tasmota firmware
In the search for cheap Wi-Fi sockets to control normal consumers you will sooner or later stumble on the “Sonoff S26”. This is a (if not the most) cheapest Wi-Fi […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Build “Lampy” the lamp yourself
Lamps that can be integrated into their own SmartHome system currently come with salted prices. So some smart lamp costs 100 euros and more. In my opinion, these prices are […]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Sonoff RF Bridge RF chip (EFM8BB1) flashing with Portisch firmware
Thanks to the very universal Tasmota firmware (see: flashing Sonoff 433Mhz Rf Bridge with Tasmota firmware), you can use the Sonoff RF Bridge to send and receive just about any […]
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