automation: turn on lights when I enter the room
visitors this year: 815 The LED striplights in a kitchen use 12v transformers and they are powered through smart plugs / sockets. The sockets are by TP-link – and they remember their on-off state...
Category: home & garden
project: smart electricity meter with historic energy use
visitors this year: 4,633 fit a sensor to the electricity meter for a minute by minute readout The UK electricity meter shows electricity use in kWatt hours, and a human sometimes pops by to...
heating oil tank level sensor – JSN-SR04T version
visitors this year: 7,379 make a heating oil tank level sensor that’s more useful than anything you can buy There is a replacement for this project – the latest project uses a DFROBOT A02YYUW...
how much heating oil does the boiler use?
visitors this year: 15,918 how much heating oil do I use each year? Of course it depends but reckon on needing to order 1000 to 1600 litres a year for heating your rooms and...
project: desktop volume control with Arduino
visitors this year: 990 A volume control at hand and ready to turn. Bash the top and the video or track pauses. Double bash to skip to the next track. It’s plug and play,...
life tips for my children by Roger Frost
visitors this year: 2,194 Thoughts of an old git recorded here to get them off my OCD kind of mind. I find many of them useful and hope you do too. I think they...
