things i do

Month: April 2015

  • Garage Sensor and Remote

    This post is one in a series of posts relating to my home automation project. My setup is based on the Uber Home Automation instructable by elecetronichamsters, found here.   This is one of the more exciting nodes I’v gotten working so far. Late last year, I left the house for a hockey game, and…

  • Laundry Room Sensors

    This post is one in a series of posts relating to my home automation project. My setup is based on the Uber Home Automation instructable by elecetronichamsters, found here. I wanted to create a way to detect when the washer and dryer were running. The Uber Home Automation instructable has a solution using a mic…

  • Door Sensors

      This post is one in a series of posts relating to my home automation project. My setup is based on the Uber Home Automation instructable by elecetronichamsters, found here. The first two nodes I created were simple door sensors. The sensor is just a reed switch attached to the door frame and a magnet…

  • Making Our House Smarter

    A few months ago, I came across an instructable explaining how to make a DIY home automation system using arduinos and a raspberry pi (two things I have previously written about). The instructable, which can be found here has morphed into an entire community of people who have created systems in their own homes. In the…