The Ikea SYMFONISK E1744 remote control is actually intended as a control for the SYMFONSIK WiFi speaker from Ikea. It can then be used to control the volume or change the track. Thanks to Zigbee [...]
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Tag: Actuators
HowTo: Zigbee - IKEA TRADFRI shortcut button E1812 via zigbee2mqtt into Node Red
The IKEA TRADFRI shortcut button E1812 is the little brother of the Ikea TRADFRI E1743 button. Both are identical in size. The only differences with the shortcut button are that this […]
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HowTo: ESPEasy - Set time synchronization with the DS3231 / DS3232 RTC
Thanks to NTP server ESPEasy is able to retrieve the time via WiFi connection. This possibility can be set up very easily and is described for example here: ESPEasy - NTP time retrieval [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Integrate Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge
In the two articles Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge with Tasmota Firmware flashing and Tasmota - Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge configuring and sockets teaching is explained how to configure the Sonoff RF Bridge to the [...]
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HowTo: Node Red - Send Email on Events
E-mails are (I believe) one of the oldest means of communication on the Internet. In the smart home sector, however, they do not play a major role. Push services - such as [...] - are often preferred for fast and direct data exchange.
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HowTo: Node Red - Set up a "welcome boost" for the heating when a new person is present
Non-tech-savvy flatmates in particular are usually skeptical about this whole SmartHome thing. People are constantly asking questions like "But why do you need that?" or "And it's so important that [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Integrate 433Mhz SOS button
In the article about the 433Mhz mini-button I had already reported on my forays through the wonders of the electronic product world. In the process, I also noticed a 433Mhz SOS button, which probably [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Integrate 433Mhz wireless wall button
Another practical find during my forays through the electronic product world is the 433Mhz wireless wall switch. It can be easily integrated into NodeRed or any other SmartHome system using the RF Bridge. How [...]
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HowTo: Build your own retro SmartHome display via analogue displays
Recently, while cleaning out the basement, I found an old control panel with old analog displays. This gave me the idea that you have to be able to use these displays somehow [...].
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HowTo: Tasmota – Build a SmartHome firefly lamp yourself
The other day I found the canning jar pictured below on the shelves of a large Swedish furniture store. Preserving jars are not an invention from Sweden. I would almost argue that they are somewhere in every [...]
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HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Install speech output with eSpeak
You can also use the RaspberryPi with the “espeak” package to read texts – and even entire files – to you. How it works and what you should pay attention to [...]
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HowTo: Tasmota – WS2812 light chain to build yourself
From the construction of the world map lamp I still had a few plastic lamp housings over. These lay long lonely on the shelf around, until I came to the idea of a small RGB light chain with [...]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Flash Sonoff S26 socket with Tasmota firmware
When looking for inexpensive WLAN sockets to control normal consumers, sooner or later you stumble across the "Sonoff S26". This is one of (if not the) cheapest WLAN socket outlet that I have [...]
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HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Send FM signals via GPIO pin
Thanks to a technical trick and a suitable script, you can use the RaspberryPi - without additional hardware (apart from a piece of wire) - to send audio files and even whole texts via FM signal [...]
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HowTo: Node Red - Read UPS status
One of the weak points of a SmartHome system that you only really realize when something goes wrong is "energy". All the sensors, actuators and the controlling intelligence behind them run [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Integrate 433Mhz mini button
On my (almost daily) forays through the wonders of the electronic product world, I recently came across this little guy: A roughly two-euro piece of 433Mhz wireless pushbutton, which is powered by a [...]
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HowTo: RaspberryPi – Install MQTT Server on the RaspberryPi
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) is the protocol that is becoming more and more important in the world of Internet of Things. With this protocol it is very easy to transfer different data between different [...]...
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HowTo: FHEM – Installation on the RaspberryPi
One term you come across more and more often in everyday life is "SmartHome". But what does it mean? And do I really need it? Smart home (=intelligent home) is a generic term for [...]
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