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HowTo: Node Red – Read data from SMA Sunny Home Manager

Posted on 13. December 2022 by Fab

For some time now, there has also been an SMA inverter for a photovoltaic system and an associated SMA Sunny Home Manager in my network (in addition to an SMA […]

HowTo: Zigbee – Integrate Ikea TRADFRI outlet E1603/E1702/E1708 into Node Red via zigbee2mqtt

Posted on 24. July 2022 by Fab

The TRADFRI plug is a simple way to switch existing consumers such as lamps via your smart home system via Zigbee The consumer can be switched on and off. At […]

HowTo: NodeRed – Presence detection via ping requests

Posted on 22. July 2022 by Fab

In order to be able to automate your own smart home properly, one function is quite important: Are residents present or not? This is the only way the system can, […]

HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Use Docker container with OpenMediaVault / OMV and Portainer

Posted on 17. July 2022 by Fab

Another practical advantage of OpenMediaVault is that thanks to the prepared Docker and Portainer installation, you can easily add additional functions. Docker containers are a type of software package that […]

HowTo: OpenMediaVault – Install and configure DLNA plugin for media streaming

Posted on 12. July 2022 by Fab

In the article Raspberry Pi – music streaming to the Raspberry Pi via DLNA client, I have already described how to use the Raspberry Pi as a playback device for […]

HowTo: OpenMediaVault – Set up an external hard drive as a drive

Posted on 10. July 2022 by Fab

As the name of OpenMediaVault suggests, it is about managing media. Of course, you also need the appropriate storage space for this. In the article NetworkAttachedStorage / Building a NAS […]

HowTo: Zigbee – Flash the Electrolama zig-a-zig-ah! (zzh!) USB stick coordinator with zigbee2mqtt firmware

Posted on 6. July 2022 by Fab

In the article Zigbee – Preparing a Sonoff zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus for zigbee2mqtt, I described how to write the firmware for zigbee2mqtt to a Zigbee stick from Sonoff. […]

HowTo: OpenMediaVault – Create another user

Posted on 3. July 2022 by Fab

As soon as you work with OpenMediaVault and use various services and plugins, it makes sense to create a new user at some point. In this way, you can set […]

HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Evaluate MPR121 touch sensor via I2C and Node Red

Posted on 2. July 2022 by Fab

Thanks to the I2C bus, the Raspberry Pi can be equipped with a variety of practical sensors and actuators. The MPR121 offers a (in my opinion) very elegant way for […]

HowTo: pxlBlck – Flash firmware with esp web tools directly from the browser

Posted on 2. July 2022 by Fab

Flashing the ESP8266 or ESP32 is not that easy if you have not had much contact with microcontrollers before. Now, there is something very cool that makes this process super […]

HowTo: OpenMediaVault – Enable HTTPS encryption for web access

Posted on 30. June 2022 by Fab

After installing OpenMediaVault, the first thing you should do is enable HTTPS encryption for web access. This ensures that when you access the OMV web interface, all data is encrypted […]

HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Get an overview of the available storage with NCDU

Posted on 30. June 2022 by Fab

If you often work with large or many files on the Raspberry Pi, sooner or later you will face the problem that the available memory is running out. At least […]

HowTo: Node Red – Read live data of an SMA EV CHARGER 22 Wallbox

Posted on 28. June 2022 by Fab

I recently added an SMA EV Charger 22 Wallbox to my network. Of course, this is primarily used to charge an electric car. Nevertheless, I was of course curious which […]

HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Install OpenMediaVault OMV on the RaspberryPi

Posted on 26. June 2022 by Fab

In the article RaspberryPi – NetworkAttachedStorage / build your own NAS from a RaspberryPi 4, I had already described that the (relatively) new Raspberry Pi 4B is also very well […]

HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Create Image from system SD card

Posted on 24. June 2022 by Fab

As is so often the case with backups, you usually only think about making one when it’s too late for it. That’s what happened to me recently with one of […]

HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Mount drive in Linux

Posted on 22. June 2022 by Fab

As a Raspberry Pi user, sooner or later you will stumble over the question of how to connect a USB stick, external hard drive or SD card to the Raspberry […]

HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Read the unique ID of a Raspberry Pi

Posted on 20. June 2022 by Fab

Normally, all data of a Raspberry Pi is stored on the inserted SD card. This has the advantage that you can simply insert an operational SD card into another Raspberry […]

News – Summer 2022

Posted on 18. June 2022 by Fab

It’s been a while since I gave an overview of my current projects. So here’s a little update. 🙂 WinDIY_2 I’ve been working on the second version of WinDIY for […]

HowTo: Node Red – Control GPIO of an ESPEasy device

Posted on 30. March 2022 by Fab

EspEasy and Node Red each offer a number of options for automation. You get even more options if you combine both systems. In the article ESPEasy – Execute commands and […]

HowTo: pxlBlck – Build the pxlDigit_clock using the pxlDigit_PCB

Posted on 23. March 2022 by Fab

I got the idea for the pxlDigit_PCB while building the pxlDigit (article here: https://nerdiy.de/howto-elektronik-seven-segment-digit-pxldigit-aus-ws2812-leds-bauen/). There the pxlDigit is made up of individual WS2812 LED segments. To do this, the LEDs […]