1 day ago
Advanced, Difficulty level, ESP EASY, ESP8266
22
Today I present a tutorial that was proposed to me by Bernard, a reader of DIY Projects. In this tutorial, Bernard explains how he hacked the ESP8266 from a connected SONOFF S20 plug. SONOFF specializes in the manufacture of power supply (Wi-Fi controlled plug, power supply …), relay card, etc. …
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2 days ago
Blynk, Confirmed, Difficulty level, IoT - Connected Objects, Node.js, Orange Pi
11
In the previous tutorial, we saw how to replace the GPIO of the Orange Pi with an Arduino (using the Firmata firmware) and then how to create a Javascript script to drive a Led from a smartphone with the Blynk and Johnny-Five library. In this tutorial we will implement a …
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5 days ago
Beginner, Difficulty level, Home Automation, Home Automation Devices
49
The Xiaomi Smart Home kit is a widely used DIY home automation system. Xiaomi designs high-quality home automation products at a very reasonable price. In the next tutorials, we will see how to integrate the connected Xiaomi devices on a home automation server (Home Assistant, Domoticz and Jeedom). Whatever your …
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7 days ago
Advanced, Difficulty level, Johnny-Five (J5), Node.js, Orange Pi
53
Johnny-Five is an open source Javascript library that allows the rapid and easy development of connected objects or small robotic projects (articulated arm, radio-controlled car …). In the previous tutorial, we saw how to replace the GPIO of the Orange Pi which fishing by its lack of libraries by an …
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1 week ago
Beginner, Difficulty level, Home Automation, Home Automation Devices
44
Today I propose you to discover the camera connected panoramic Xiaomi Mijia 1080p capable of filming 360 degrees. Only available in China at the moment, it is however possible to obtain it directly in China for about €80. It runs entirely from the MiHome application available on iOS and Android. …
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1 week ago
Advanced, Difficulty level, IoT - Connected Objects, MQTT, Node-RED, Wemos D1 mini
97
We continue our series of articles on remote control of the actuator and more particularly the PTZ (Pan-Tilt) articulated systems. In the previous tutorials we saw how to drive a servo from a smartphone using the libraries for IoT Cayenne and Blynk. Today we will learn how to do it …
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2 weeks ago
3D Printing
36
One year after launching the AstroPint project, a 3D printing solution, the US-based AstroPrint in San Diego offers the AstroBox Touch. AstroBox Touch is a touchscreen box that acts as a gateway between your 3D printer and the Astroprint cloud solution (desktop application / cloud / mobile application / 3D …
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2 weeks ago
Advanced, IoT - Connected Objects, Node-RED, Orange Pi
137
The libraries that support the Orange Pi GPIO are growing smoothly. Today, I suggest you try the package node-red-contrib-opi-gpio for Node-RED developed by gprandst. The developer tested the package on an Orange Pi PC. For this article, I tested the package successfully on an Orange Pi Lite (WiFi, 512MB). Follow …
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2 weeks ago
Advanced, Cayenne, Difficulty level, IoT - Connected Objects, Wemos D1 mini
73
In this new tutorial on Cayenne IoT, we will learn how to control an articulated Pan-Tilt PTZ SG90 system in WiFi. In the previous tutorial, we saw how to do with the Blynk library and application. Cayenne IoT is fairly similar. It is necessary to pass through the servers of …
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3 weeks ago
Advanced, Difficulty level, Johnny-Five (J5), Node-RED, Node.js, Orange Pi
264
In this tutorial, we will replace the GPIO of the Orange Pi by an Arduino running Firmata firmware. To drive it, we will use Node-RED with the contrib-gpio and johnny5 package. The GPIO of Orange Pi is announced as compatible with that of Raspberry Pi. This is perfectly true, but …
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DIY Projects Home automation, connected objects (IoT) and DIY projects based on Arduino, ESP8266, ESP32, mini PC (Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi) and 3D printing
