Due to the corona virus, I was thinking about a study I did a few years back. It was a study from NASA in the 80’s. The NASA Clean Air Study was a project led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in association with the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) to research ways to clean the […]
When you have created your first HomeKit accessory. Then you probably want to debug your code or change something, but then you need to erase ESP module and re-flash it. This has to be easier. For whom that ready my blog regularly know that I always start with installing LCM (Life Cycle Manager). This tool
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For an upcoming project I need a “clean” ESP8266, and by clean I mean no tin lead on the connectors. I saw this module some while a go but didn’t need I really until now. For just €8 ($9) you can buy this ESP8266 programmer on Aliexpress free shipping! Let’s take a closer look. ESP8266
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The I²C bus communication is one out of three possible communication protocols, the ESP8266 is able to communicate with other devices like OLED displays, barometric pressure sensors and so on. The two other communication protocols are SPI and UART. I²C stands for Inter-Integrated Circuit was invented 1982 by Philips Semiconductor (A Dutch company), now NXP
When I started my blog I needed to learn a lot. I basically started from scratch! Because I have autodidact ability I can pick it up somewhat fast. For whom that doesn’t know what autodidact ability is; It’s a compound word made from the roots auto- (Greek for self, same) and didactic ism (education, learning).
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Now that I have my MagicMirror² up and running on my Raspberry Pi Zero W. It’s time to look at the MagicMirror² LCD and the mirror part of this project. At first I will start with the MagicMirror² LCD as this is the most logical order. LCD Display I still had an old laptop
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Dad I want a Nintendo! that’s what I hear for days from my little princess. Ever since Mario is popular again, even Nintendo and LEGO introduced several Super Mario LEGO sets with an interactive Super Mario doll. Also the Nintendo game console is hip and happening again. Time to make my little princess happy. Hardware
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When I’m coding a new ESP-HomeKit accessory I use the free HomeKit Accessory Protocol Specification (Non-Commercial Version) form Apple. To see how to use the characteristics and what type of options there are for a specific type of accessory. All you need or want to know can be found in this protocol. Overview HomeKit
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For those who follow my blog know that I have been working with ESP HomeKit for a while. To make new accessories I have to regularly re-flash my ESP modules. Especially when debugging the code, it often happens that I have to re-flash the firmware again. But here lies some troubles, When you didn’t removed
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When I reinstalled my iMac with macOS Catalina in January 2020 I stubbled upon a error that I had seen before but I convenience ignored every time it popped-up. The first time I read it I thought I will fix it when I need to. But now I can’t ignore it anymore. the message I
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