I wanted to make my home automation to be cheap. Commercial solutions, like KNX was a way too expensive for me; besides creating own system gives great benefits like better knowledge about how it works, possibility to customize it to my needs (including software) and of …
Read MoreAutomate my weekly weight logging
This time – something not strictly related with electronics and home automation 🙂 Ok – maybe a little – if you own intelligent weighing machine and want to connect it directly to your central computer 😉 Every week after weighing in, I had to save …
Read MoreMonitoring DeDietrich from Linux
When my boiler was properly detected and connected and I was sure that I can ‘talk’ to it using the Recom protocol, I had to make the connection permanent and constantly query it from my Raspberry Pi. The boiler has 5V TTL signal level and …
Read MoreRaspberry Pi 1-Wire tests, DS2482-800
Bit bangling When I bought my brand new Raspberry Pi in 2012 (model B, version 2.0 with 512MB of RAM), then I needed a stable 1-wire bus for my home automation. Firstly I was testing it with w1-gpio kernel module which is emulating a 1-wire bus master …
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