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The value of 5Ghz WiFi Adaptors

September 14, 2020September 20, 2020 Peter ScargillWIFI4 Comments

So, I just started using my TP-Link router and my new Spitz router on 5Hz – mainly as it is a pain to wire up our place in Spain. Thinking my PC had no WiFi at all, I sent off to AliExpress for a cheap dual-band USB3 WiFi adaptor. Today…

Home Control The Next Step

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Peter ScargillC Programming, ESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP12, ESP8266, Internet of Things, MQTT, Node Red, Raspberry Pi 2, WIFI4 Comments

As regular readers will know I’ve pretty much gotten to grips with the whole home control thing having after much research settled on a largely MQTT-based setup using the excellent new Raspberry Pi2 as a hub with Node-Red. Though it could just as easily have been any proper Linux or…

Onion Omega

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 Peter ScargillOnion Omega, WIFI19 Comments

You (probably) saw it here first… I thought I’d seen it all in the ESP8266 but this is looking impressive already. Yes, that IS a complete WIFI controller with Linux and plenty of RAM in a matchbox. Early days, I should have one to test in a matter of weeks…

ESP8266 and MQTT Exciting Times

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015 Peter ScargillEclipse, ESP-01, ESP-02, ESP-03, ESP-04, ESP-05, ESP-06, ESP-07, ESP-08, ESP-09, ESP-10, ESP-11, ESP-12, ESP-201, ESP12, ESP8266, MQTT, Openhab, Scargill, WIFI, Windows 812 Comments

I don’t want to jump in prematurely here but those of you who have been reading the blog will know that I’ve had no end of problems with the MQTT stand-alone software on the ESP8266, but as each problem has emerged, the author (Minh Tuan) has been keeping in touch…