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Month: February 2023

My ESPHOME Adventure

February 22, 2023February 24, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral13 Comments on My ESPHOME Adventure

Back in 2021 I wrote about experimenting with the LILYGO TTGO ESP32 development board and my first attempts at using ESPHOME as against my firmware of choice Tasmota. Well, I then went heads-down for several days of learning – with several false starts I may add. The short version of…

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New Smartlife Desk/Wall Temperature/Humidity Display from Banggood

February 21, 2023October 2, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral9 Comments on New Smartlife Desk/Wall Temperature/Humidity Display from Banggood

This is just going to be a quick one. Not seen much of Banggood recently but now that the Chinese New Year is over and hopefully we’re on the other side of the Chinese Policy reversal on Covid, it seems that Banggood are bouncing back. So here, I have a…

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Another Fun Aqara Weekend

February 18, 2023July 16, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on Another Fun Aqara Weekend
Aqara devices

I LOVE getting new tgadgets from Aqara. Before I start, lets get this out of the way.. You can skip to New Aqara Devices if you’re familiar with the company, Zigbee2MQTT etc. Aqara Aqara sell IOT products in 192 countries and I was first introduced to them by purchasing (almost…

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The Smart Shelly Button 1

February 14, 2023February 15, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral1 Comment on The Smart Shelly Button 1
Shelly buttons

And what’s a Shelly Button 1? Not to be confused with the sadly now defunct Shelly Button which was a white plastic case to put around the original Shelly One or similar. I have of course used the Ikea Zigbee Smart button (remember the nice plain button that they stopped…

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AliExpress RGB vs Athom RGB Lamps

February 9, 2023February 11, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on AliExpress RGB vs Athom RGB Lamps

This post came from my need-to-know why AliExpress-sourced RGB bulbs (E27) were less than half the price of Athom bulbs of the same power. The Athom bulb in the link above is one of several of their 15w models I use around the house and they are pre-programmed with Tasmota…

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