4 Steps to send MQTT data to Home Assistant using ESP8266
If you have been following my post on installing Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi, now it is the time to try posting MQTT message to […]
8 Steps to Instal Mosquitto, InfluxDB and Grafana via Docker
Now that you have Home Assistant installed, you will need to install MQTT broker to allow interaction between your IoT devices with Home Assistant. In […]
Installing Home Assistant via Docker
This is the continuation from the previous post Docker Installation. Now we can install Home Assistant via Docker into Raspberry Pi. To start the installation, […]
3 Steps to install Docker on Raspberry Pi 4
Docker is a tool that allows you to deploy application inside a software containers. This is good especially for Raspberry Pi because you can easily […]
4 Steps to create a Telegram Photo Bot with ESP32-CAM
I purchased ESP32-CAM the other day just to see what are some of the capabilities. This is one of the low cost Camera webserver with […]
ISS Above Alert Blynk
In this write up, I am re-using the previous IoT LED Strip controlled using Blynk to light up when the ISS (International Space Station) is […]
Light Saber Build Part3
Finally I get around to finish off the light saber case. And this write up is ready in time for May 4th. This is the […]
3 Steps to control NeoPixel LEDStrip with ESP8266 using MQTT
This writeup is the continuation from the previous IoT LEDStrip post. We are using the same circuit as before in the IoT LEDStrip with Blynk. […]
IoT LEDStrip using ESP8266 and Blynk
I have the previous post about how to make a disco light using the individually addressable LEDStrip. This was done using Arduino nano, and I […]
5 Steps to create Internet controlled LEDStrip using ESP8266 and MQTT
I have been busy for a couple of weeks and didn’t get around to post. But, I know that shouldn’t be an excuse. So here […]
4 Steps to create WiFi Controlled RGB LED Strip using ESP8266
I have always wanted to have an internet controlled LED light. So after researching a few different combination, I manage to find the one that […]
ESP8266 Internet Weather Station
In this writeup, I am utilising the previous magic 8 ball circuit. You can expand the use of the same circuit to be Internet Weather […]
3 Steps to perform ESP8266 Secure OTA Update
As the previous follow up to the Magic 8 Ball with ESP8266, I am extending this to add the code for OTA (On The Air) […]
ESP8266 Magic 8 Ball
Do you have the urge to have Magic 8 Ball, but never get around to get one? Well I do. So what can I do […]
3 Steps to Test TV remote using ESP8266
I have a dilema of trying to test the TV remove, but not having the TV. I have tried to point the remote to the […]
ESP8266 Modem Sleep with MQTT
Just to finished up with the final post in regards to ESP8266 sleep mode. In the process of learning all the different sleep modes, I […]
3 Steps to prune Mongo DB in Unifi Controller
You will need two session of terminal to repair, the first session to run the mongo daemon and the second session to prune the database. […]
ESP8266 Light Sleep with MQTT
This is the continuation of the ESP8266 Light Sleep mode. In this post, I will show the practical example of using the Light Sleep mode […]
ESP8266 Light Sleep Mode
This is the continuation from the previous blog about ESP8266 Deep Sleep Mode, I am trying to use the other sleep mode. So I embark […]
ESP8266 Deep sleep with MQTT
This is the continuation of the previous post regarding ESP8266 Deep sleep. In that post we discussed about how to utilise the deep sleep mode […]