Let’s Encrypt is a great service to get free SSL certificates. There is no more excuse to not encrypt all your services, it’s Free!! Let’s Encrypt is able to offer
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Tools needed to flash a Sonoff with the aspurna firmware. ESPTool Clone the Esptool repository. In a terminal window on the MAC do the following: Setup ESPTool To setup the
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Grafana is an excellent program to create very cool graphs and charts from your Home Assistant sensor data. If you are using Grafana and want to embed
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Home Assistant is event driven. This means that most sensors will not get updated into the database unless the value of the sensor changes. This is not usually
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This is part two of the Universal Rremote for OpenHAB project. In this part, we will install and configure the Lirc software on our Raspberry Pi. Part 1
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This is the first part of a multi-part project to build an IR receiver/transmitter that will work with my existing remote and talk with my OpenHAB server.
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I currently run Octoprint on a Raspberry Pi that is hooked up to be 3D printer. This setup uses HAProxy to provider the web front end for the user. I
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I required a later version on Java that the one that came with Raspbian. This was required for OpenHAB. So how do you upgrade your version of Java? Run the
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The Nordic NRF24L01+ 2.4Ghz radio board is a great little radio to use for all your projects. No, it is not wifi compatable. It uses it’s own protocal but it
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I replaced my closet doors and decided to also place some LED strip lighting in the closets. I look all over for a good controller to turn the LED lights
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