DIY Project Tutorials sorted by Theme

Here you can find tutorials about microcontrolers (Arduino, ESP8266, ESP32), Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, Home Automation, 3D printing, Python and IoT development.

Tutorials classified by level of difficulty

Confirmed

T-Watch. Sleep and wake-up ESP32 with BMA423 accelerometer or AXP202 button

Wearable and smart watch 0

ESP32. Access SPIFFS files in FTP with the ESP8266FtpServer library

Getting start with ESP32 0

Install Domoticz on NAS Synology DS718+ with Docker or virtual machine under Debian Buster

Get Started with Domoticz 0

Install the MQTT Mosquitto broker on NAS Synology (DSM 6.2+) with Docker

IoT development based on Orange Pi, Arduino (Firmata), Nodejs, Blynk and Johnny-Five

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Home Automation Tutorials

Home Assistant, Home Automation Server

Home Assistant. Get started on Raspberry Pi 4. Procedure 2020

Get started with Home Assistant 0

ESP8266 + DHT22 + MQTT: make a connected object IoT and include it in Home Assistant

How to Include RFLink Radio Home Automation Devices at Home Assistant (HASS)

Home Assistant, Home Automation Server 0

Include ESP8266 + DHT22 + Homie MQTT IoT in Home Assistant (HASS)

Homie library 2

How to include MySensors v2 IoT objects in Home Assistant (HASS)

Home Assistant, Home Automation Server 0

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Jeedom: tutorials on the Home Automation server, installation, plugins, scripts

Weather station with ePaper display (Dashboard) for Jeedom on Raspberry Pi (via the JSON RPC API)

Install Jeedom v3 from the installation script on Raspberry Pi 3 (or Linux Debian 8 PC)

Difficulty level 0

Driving the ESP8266 GPIO (Web Server) from Jeedom to TCP / IP Wireless – Part 2

Web Server (Interface) 0

ESP8266 (Web Client): Sending Data to Jeedom in TCP / IP Wireless (JSON API) – Part 1

Install Jeedom on an Orange Pi Lite (or Orange Pi+ 2e) running under Armbian Jessie

Jeedom: tutorials on the Home Automation server, installation, plugins, scripts 3

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Gateways and Home Automation protocols

Based on MQTT

MQTT

Install the MQTT Mosquitto broker on NAS Synology (DSM 6.2+) with Docker

MQTT router with Node-RED, connect all your Sonoff Tasmota modules to cloudMQTT

CloudMQTT test, free online MQTT broker. Control Domoticz with the JSON API

Xiaomi Mijia Honeywell Smoke Detector Test with Domoticz, Emergency Notification with PushOver

#Test Zigbee2MQTT gateway. Part 2, include Xiaomi Aqara or Mijia accessories to Domoticz with Node-RED [update]

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Homie library

Include ESP8266 + DHT22 + Homie MQTT IoT in Home Assistant (HASS)

Homie library 2

First project Homie ESP8266: publish in MQTT measurements of a DHT22 probe

Getting start with the Homie library (MQTT) for connected objects based on ESP8266

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RFLink

Gateway RFLink with RobotDyn Arduino Mega 2560 Pro Mini and 3D printed case

#Guide: list of components to build an home automation RFLink 433MHz gateway (RFXCom clone)

Shopping guides 0

How to Include RFLink Radio Home Automation Devices at Home Assistant (HASS)

Home Assistant, Home Automation Server 0

How to build a RFLink 433MHz radio smarthome gateway for €10.50. Test with Domoticz

ser2net: Serial USB Gateway to Ethernet. Test on RFLink with Domoticz

Home Automation 3

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Open Source firmware and projects

ESP EASY

The firmware ESP Easy Mega arrives on ESP32, test on the Wemos LoLin32 Lite, novelties of the firmware

#Hack: SONOFF S20 plug to make it a super intelligent plug with ESP Easy

ESP Easy: flash the firmware with esptool.py on ESP8266 (GitHub)

Home Automation 0

ESP Easy: firmware ESP8266 to create connected and home automation objects without programming

ESP Easy: flash the firmware with esptool.py on ESP8266 (GitHub)

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Homebridge

Integrate Arduino / ESP8266 + Blynk IoT to iOS with Homebridge and HomeKit

Project ESP8266-HomeKit, direct inclusion with iOS without Homebridge (SHA-2017)

Apple opens HomeKit to Makers and non commercial enterprise projects

Integrate Blynk IoT connected objects to iOS with Homebridge (HomeKit)

Jeedom + Homebridge: driving your equipment from an iPhone with Siri

Home Automation 0

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MySensors

Use Node-RED to create a gateway between MySensors and Blynk (local server)

Node-RED (Tutorial): saving MySensors measurements on InfluxDB

ser2net: Serial USB Gateway to Ethernet. Test on RFLink with Domoticz

Home Automation 3

MySensors v2: measurement of temperature and humidity (DHT11/DHT22)

#Guide, how to increase the range of nRF24L01 radio modules of MySensors v2 projects (hardware, configuration)

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Development boards, Web Server and Web Client programming

Web Client

Temperature measurement with several DS18B20 probes, Arduino code compatible ESP8266 and ESP32, publication on Domoticz in HTTP

ESP8266. How to use WiFiManager library to manage WiFi connections

ESP8266 (Web Client): Sending Data to Jeedom in TCP / IP Wireless (JSON API) – Part 1

ESP8266 (Web Client): Sending Data to Domoticz in TCP/IP Wireless (API/JSON) – Part 1

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Web Server (Interface)

ESP8266, retrieve time from a time server (NTP), elapsed time since last Reset, store time in SPIFFS [Update]

Web Server (Interface) 3

ESP8266. How to use WiFiManager library to manage WiFi connections

Driving the ESP8266 GPIO (Web Server) from Jeedom to TCP / IP Wireless – Part 2

Web Server (Interface) 0

Driving the GPIO of the ESP8266 (Web Server) from Domoticz to TCP/IP Wireless – Part 2

Web Server (Interface) 0

ESP8266. How to connect to the WiFi network (ESP8266WiFi and ESP8266WiFiMulti)

Web Server (Interface) 1

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Connected objects (IoT): firmware, servers, languages, dashboards

Blynk

Integrate Arduino / ESP8266 + Blynk IoT to iOS with Homebridge and HomeKit

Recycle a remote-controlled car (RC car) with an ESP8266, Shield Motor Wemos d1 mini and Blynk

Connecting an ESP8266 to Blynk on WiFi with Johnny-Five (Firmata WiFi)

Languages for IoT 2

IoT development based on Orange Pi, Arduino (Firmata), Nodejs, Blynk and Johnny-Five

Blynk + Node.js + Johnny-Five: drive a Pan-Tilt PTZ SG90 kit on Orange Pi with an Arduino / Firmata

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Cayenne

Cayenne IoT + ESP8266: driving a mini kit Pan-Tilt FPV SG90 in WiFi with a smartphone or tablet

Cayenne: Install the librairie on an Orange Pi under Armbian Jessie

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ESP EASY

The firmware ESP Easy Mega arrives on ESP32, test on the Wemos LoLin32 Lite, novelties of the firmware

#Hack: SONOFF S20 plug to make it a super intelligent plug with ESP Easy

ESP Easy: flash the firmware with esptool.py on ESP8266 (GitHub)

Home Automation 0

ESP Easy: firmware ESP8266 to create connected and home automation objects without programming

ESP Easy: flash the firmware with esptool.py on ESP8266 (GitHub)

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Node-RED

Xiaomi Mijia Honeywell Smoke Detector Test with Domoticz, Emergency Notification with PushOver

#Test Zigbee2MQTT gateway. Part 2, include Xiaomi Aqara or Mijia accessories to Domoticz with Node-RED [update]

#Test Zigbee2MQTT project, hack of the Xiaomo Aqara Smart Home Gateway. Part 1: assembly, demo with Node-RED, 3D printed case [update]

Home Automation 0

Install Node-RED on Raspbian Jessie Lite on a Raspberry Pi Zero W

Node-RED + MQTT + ESP8266: how to drive an articulated PTZ system in WiFi

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Dashboards

New M5PAPER ESP32 from M5Stack. eInk IoT or home automation dashboard

IoT and Home Automation News 0

Open an HTML page when starting Raspberry Pi OS with Chromium Browser in full screen (kiosk mode)

Get Started with Raspberry Pi OS 1

Install Grafana on macOS and Raspbian for Raspberry Pi. Example dashboard for connected object MySensors with Node-RED and InfluxDB [Update]

Test Waveshare 7 inch 1024×600 pixel LCD touch screen with acrylic holder for Raspberry Pi

Weather station with ePaper display (Dashboard) for Jeedom on Raspberry Pi (via the JSON RPC API)

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MySensors

Use Node-RED to create a gateway between MySensors and Blynk (local server)

Node-RED (Tutorial): saving MySensors measurements on InfluxDB

ser2net: Serial USB Gateway to Ethernet. Test on RFLink with Domoticz

Home Automation 3

MySensors v2: measurement of temperature and humidity (DHT11/DHT22)

#Guide, how to increase the range of nRF24L01 radio modules of MySensors v2 projects (hardware, configuration)

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