I received the PCB’s this week and built up 5 modules with ESP12 and programmed and tested. Small issue with the power supply I used but there is a fix for this and I have changed to a solid state relay for the switching. We have a few switch modules which will be fitted into…
Read MorePower Supply Issues
Posted by davemclaughlin on October 2, 2016It turns out that the power supply I used for the home automation modules has a serious issue with dropouts when the AC load is switched. I found the details on the Itead Studio website and the image I capture on the scope was identical to the one show on there. https://www.itead.cc/blog/ac-dc-v2-v3-comparative-test-report This is the…
Read MoreReSpeaker Competition Win
Posted by davemclaughlin on September 19, 2016
I entered the Juno project to the Seeed Studio Twitter competition and I was one of the winners. I have also backed the project on Kickstarter and the win will allow me to use the ReSpeaker on the Juno project. Meet Juno, Home Automation with Visual & Audio Feedback Respeaker is an interesting project and offers anyone…
Read MoreReplacement Module PCB
Posted by davemclaughlin on September 19, 2016
Having had some Home Control ZWave modules for some years, a few of them have recently failed. I also have a few lamp modules but because I no longer use incandescent lamps I needed a way to reuse the modules. You can see the failed IC on the right. My new Home Automation system is…
Read MoreMeet Juno, Home Automation with Visual & Audio Feedback
Posted by davemclaughlin on September 18, 2016
I saw an article online for a little home automation controller called Jibo. The video for this made it look very interesting and as I have always wanted something I could interact with via voice, it seemed like the idea addition to my home automation system. I continued to follow the project but it was…
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