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Attiny85 Projects: DIY Motion and Temperature Sensor

smashteevee

Oct 8, 2023
6 min

Attiny85 Projects: DIY Motion and Temperature Sensor

I recently made a Wireless Room Motion Sensor using an Attiny85, ESP8266 and a scavenged cabinet light for fun. Now I have a DIY,...

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smashteevee

Jan 14, 2022
3 min

DIY momentary light switches

Make your own DIY momentary rocker light switch. Convert a single-pole Decora rocker to a momentary switch.

2,530 views

Flash Tasmota on a Dimmer with Tuya Convert and a Mac

smashteevee

Nov 27, 2021
3 min

Flash Tasmota on a Dimmer with Tuya Convert and a Mac

I recently flashed a Wifi dimmer using Tuya Convert on an old MacBook Pro. This enabled me to use the dimmer of my choice (a Topgreener)...

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BLE Presence detection for Apple Watch using Tasker

smashteevee

Nov 5, 2021
4 min

BLE Presence detection for Apple Watch using Tasker

Use Tasker to automatically detect presence of an Apple Watch with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals

1,905 views

Home Assistant (and Node-red) on your Android phone

smashteevee

May 28, 2021
3 min

Home Assistant (and Node-red) on your Android phone

Run Home Assistant Core on your old Android phone.

4,189 views

smashteevee

Feb 23, 2021
5 min

Making a DIY Switchbot

Make your own switchbot to remotely turn rocker light switches on and off.

10,855 views

smashteevee

Dec 21, 2020
3 min

Getting Attiny85 (attinycore) to work with Servos, Serial output and IRMP

Get your Attiny to work with Servos, Software serial and Infrared using Attinycore.

1,423 views

smashteevee

Apr 23, 2020
8 min

Using your Google Home with Amazon Shopping

[Note: originally written Pre-Covid-19 and posted on reddit; updated with minor edits] Since getting a Google Home mini, I've loved how...

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