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Multi-Zone Audio Streaming on a Budget
Note – all the parts I refer to in this project are listed at the bottom of this post… Not long ago, we purchased a rental property that came with “architectural” (or in-wall) speakers in several rooms and outside on … Continue reading
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Dahua DH-SD22204T Security Camera
I recently decided to install an outdoor PTZ security camera at our beach house to keep an eye on the premises, not to mention the threatening tide line during storms. After installing a “Sumpple WiFi Wireless PTZ” outdoors, it lasted … Continue reading
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Lightsuit V2.0 (part 2)
In a previous post, I provided an overview of the “next generation” of my Christmas Light Suit (and various ‘peripherals’ 🙂  Really…it’s more like “generation 5 or 6” since the Light Suit has been through very many iterations, starting with … Continue reading
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NodeMCU Custom Builds for ESP8266
OK, just a quick blurb in case anyone else runs into this incredibly frustrating experience: I’m playing with some sensors where I’m interested in really low power consumption. Basically, I want to go into deep sleep, which only draws <100uA, … Continue reading
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LightSuit V2.0
Well, it’s well past Christmas and things have finally settled down for me a bit, so I figure it’s high time I blog in a bit of detail about my main Christmas technology focus – Version 2 of the AustinLightGuy Light … Continue reading
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Building another (better) PiCam security camera
I blogged briefly about building a security camera back in a previous post. It worked so well I decided to build another, but with a few improvements based on past experience… I used this WiFi adapter (from Aazon): TRENDnet Wireless N 150 … Continue reading
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Lessons Learned with ESP-201
I recently ordered several more ESP8266 modules, and of that set, I decided to get a couple of ESP-201’s. These were appealing because they’re still fairly bare-bones (and therefore extremely cheap – about $4US each), lacking an on-bard regulator or … Continue reading
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Can’t upload new LUA files once ESP8266 init.lua starts
I’ve been having this frustrating problem with my NodeMCU projects on the cheaper ESP8266 devices: Once you get into a loop in your code, or worse yet, if you have an error that causes a reboot loop, there’s no way … Continue reading
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Light Dimming Using Ardiuno with Inverters
Since there’s not a lot of information about it out there in one place, I thought I’d share some insight into a problem I’ve been grappling with – dimming 110V LED lights run off an inverter using Arduino-driven triacs. Recently, … Continue reading
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