Category: Home Automation

Automatic Backup of my Home Automation System (OpenHAB, InfluxDB, Grafana, Node-RED, MonogoDB)

Bikash Narayan Panda
RAK831 LoRa Gateway

I use different tools like OpenHAB, InfluxDB, Grafana, Node-RED, MonogoDB etc. in my Home Automation System. There is always a chance any tool may crash or the server may crash or HDD may fail or due to some other causes can lead to data loss. This has happened to me earlier also where I again had to start my setup from scratch but it taught me a lesson, backups are really important. So I went ahead and wrote a simple shell script to do the backup tasks automatically with a…

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Connected Weighing scale using HX711 and ESP8266

HX711 and ESP8266

Since I got into Home Automation System, I have always wanted a central system with as much as information about me starting from my food habit to each and everything that can be measured or collected. You can say that it is greatly influenced by JARVIS of Iron Man which came around my Engineering days. Coming to the topic, I recently managed to connect a regular bathroom weighing scale to my Home Automation System (OpenHAB) using MQTT. So basically this post is all about how to do that. For the weighing…

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Wi-FI Remote for MI TV using ESP8266

Bikash Narayan Panda

I got an MI Smart TV and was pretty much interested in including that in my Home Automation system (OpenHAB). It is supposed to be controlled so that it can be turned on or off based on profile and scene. Although the TV does support MI TV remote over Wi-Fi, it is not able to turn on the TV when it is off. The easiest way to do so is to replicate the remote to an ESP8266 board is having an IR LED and Wi-Fi. By using it everything that…

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Appliances Control System using Raspberry Pi and Node.js

RPi GPIO Programming using Arduino Web IDE

This is a Raspberry Pi based project using Raspberry Pi and Node.js which lets the user control appliances connected to the Raspberry Pi. Node.js acts as a server which serves a UI for the user to control the desired appliances. According to the input by the user, the node.js script running on Raspberry Pi toggles the GPIO required and the state of the device connected to the GPIO, gets changed.As most appliances operate from AC supply, mechanical or solid state Relays has to be used to control the appliances. The…

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Setting up Amazon Echo Dot (Indian Variant)

Bikash Narayan Panda
Amazon Echo Dot

Recently we got the Indian variant of the Amazon Echo Dot which Amazon has started shipping this Nov in India.  Being a Home Automation Enthusiast I was eagerly waiting for that and is desperately into checking out the features of the Echo Dot with my DIY Home automation System. But before publishing video around Echo Dot with OpenHAB and my Automation System this post is about setting up the Echo Dot when you are using it for the first time, which is actually pretty easy.  So stay tuned for upcoming…

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NATASHA: AI assistant using Raspberry Pi

This video is around AI Assistant, Natasha with a voice interface. She can do all basic stuff, identify your voice, can read out text from images, can control devices in your home making them more interactive, and lots more.Apart from that, she can understand the local language, which in our case is Hindi. The whole project is developed in Python. This project is made open source.To view more of this project, and contribute to it, Check the GitHub link: http://bit.ly/2ldEI5X

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Control any load over Internet/ based on Temp. & Humidity | SONOFF TH10

SONOFF TH10

SONOFF TH10 /TH16 is a smart switch version of Sonoff which can monitor and set temperature and humidity through the iOS/Android APP eWeLink. Just as the name indicates, the Sonoff TH device supports two current supply specifications: 10A or 16A. It features presetting the range for temperature or humidity. When the temperature or humidity of the environment falls within the range, it will automatically turn on or off the connected devices. It supports three kinds of temperature and humidity sensors AM2301, DS18B20, DHT11 Source: http://bit.ly/2lCttDp (ITEAD)

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Home Automation System tour | Bathroom Module

Bikash Narayan Panda
Bathroom Module

Home Automation System tour | Bathroom Module.This is a tour of module of my home automation system installed in the bathroom. This module has many features like weather info, Call notification on LCd and many more. So let’s take a tour… Bikash Narayan PandaDeveloper, Tinkere, a proud Dad.. love to spend my available time playing with Tech!! wglabz.in

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