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Reading the AcuRite 5n1 Sensor Set, This time with RF
I've managed to read the RF signal coming from the AcuRite weather head. Â It wasn't too hard to do since I had some significant help from other folk that have done the same thing. Â The problem was only...
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Acurite Console Barometer: OK, This is it.
Back in a previous post I tried to decode the barometer reading from the AcuRite console. Â I just couldn't get it, but one of the readers, Play Kube, stepped up and nailed it for us. The post is here...
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Battery Operated Temperature Sensor
This project will take a long time to complete, but I wanted to post about it because it's a nice project for a person starting off in Home Automation. Â I do a number of things in this project that can...
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Battery Operated Temperature Sensor - Smarter TMP36
Last post <link> about my project to create a useful battery operated temperature sensor I whined a while about the flaky behavior of the TMP36 sensor. Â I'm not the only person that has had this...
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Battery Operated Temperature Sensor - Now About Battery Life
I'm still working on my battery operated sensor and have been testing it for battery life and stability. I've learned a thing or two. First, this is absolutely possible, but not like the various...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi - Read Only USB Stick - Pain in the bottom
Remember back last year when I added a USB stick to my Pi to increase reliability <link>? Serious mistake, it died. Not only did it die, I reacted wrongly to every single thing and messed myself...
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Battery Operated Temperature Sensor - Still learning about the TMP36
After I found out about the open emitter problem in reading a TMP36 <link> and tried it out for a longer period of time I noticed there were still some glitches in the readings. Don't...
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Battery Operated Temperature Sensor, yet another revision.
Previous post on this project is here <link>.This little project has certainly taken on a life of its own. I've been at this for several weeks now watching what goes on with batteries and various...
View ArticleGetting Back To The Weather Station
I know I've worn out my welcome about the AcuRite 5n1weather station, sorry. This time it's a bit different and I'm really, really open to input and ideas. I decided that the console that came with the...
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Battery Powered Temperature Sensor: Remote Control Added
The previous post in this series is here <link>.So, I crawled into bed the other night and reached over to turn off the light and it didn't work. Poked the X10 control button several times and...
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Battery Operated Temperature Sensor: OK, Let's Build This Thing
The previous post in this series is here <link>.Well, I've been testing, trying new ideas and even added a button to this thing for the last several weeks. I don't think I'm going to learn...
View ArticleMy New Network Attached Storage
Well, I did it. I finally broke down and bought a NAS (network attached Storage). I researched these things for days looking for something that would fit my needs and couldn't make up my mind. I was...
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Hacking Into The Iris Door Sensor
Several people have asked me about the Iris Door Sensor, and I haven't had much interest. My battery operated switch can do this and is totally programmable, but I figured, "What the heck." I went...
View ArticleYet Another Update to the AcuRite 5N1 Weather Sensor
The previous post on this project is here <link>Just when you thought I'd finally shut up about the AcuRite weather sensor I decide to post again. I promise, at some point I'll actually be...
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Hacking Into The Iris Door Sensor, Part 2
The previous post on this project is here <link>Yes, I've made some progress on this project, but first let me talk about why I'm bothering with this. A couple of folk have asked me why I hack...
View ArticleHacking Into The Iris Door Sensor, Part 3, The code
The previous post in the project is here <link>Last time I described the Key Fob that Lowe's sells and previous to that I showed the Door Switch, but I haven't shown you the way I got them to...
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Arduino Controlled Sprinklers, and A Guest Speaker
Yes, I have a guest speaker for this post. Glenn lives in the part of Texas where they got about a ton (per square inch) of rain recently. Since he couldn't play outside, he decided to play inside with...
View ArticleOK, Fine, I'll take a look at MQTT
A number of my readers have mentioned mqtt as a great tool for the kind of thing I'm doing around the house. A couple of them have pointed out that what I'm doing could be done much easier using mqtt...
View ArticleMQTT Conversion, First Steps
Last post I talked about trying out mqtt and being impressed with the ease of using it. It really went well and I decided to convert my house monitoring system to using this tool. So I took the very...
View ArticleMQTT, Early Lessons Learned, and a Concern
So, I'm stepping through code trying to work out the best way of switching to mqtt for handling data from various devices and commands to control them and it DIED.Yep, I couldn't publish anything even...
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