Xiaomi Zigbee Devices + Magic Cube Remote

Watch the Video Here Smart door locks are dang pricey! The cheapest I could find are $100 and those get pretty bad reviews. To get a “good” one, you can expect to pay over $200!  Fear not! I made 2 different types of smart locks for less than $25 each.   Thanks to the folks…

One of the first things I actually automated in my Home, was the garage door.  Making your garage door “smart” makes a lot of sense because there are some useful things you can do with it.   To Smarten up your garage doors you’ll need: Sonoff SV https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-sv.html Reed Switch http://a.co/6qMTS35 USB cord and wall…

Sonoff switches are one of the best deals in Home Automation.  A wifi chip with a relay that is powered by 110v for $5! And the BEST part is how flexible and capable they become when you flash them with TASMOTA firmware, which makes them easy to connect and control with Home Assistant. Here are…

After the fantastic reception that my magnetic door locks video got, I got a lot of questions about doing a RFID Card Reader video. I did it. 🙂 Today we are going to use the arduino sketch esp-rfid. Go to the repository and download the Zip file. Open it up and find the bin folder….

Besides just showing off the awesome stuff you can do with home automation, we’re using the Maker Faire display to demonstrate a few different situations that have come up in questions and comments on previous videos. First, let’s look at a light switch wiring situation from my first “sonoff-as-a-light-switch” video. When I was explaining different…