It was a few messy hours. I got my final cable, I was able to write a firmware into CC2531, I got my /dev/ttyACM0, I was able to set up virtual machine with…
/dev/ttyACM0
I saw few things out there about how to start an automation. The consensus (as I saw it) is that Zigbee protocol is good…
I assumed Sonoff to be higher grade stuff compare to average Ali assortment. I was wrong. Like really, really wrong.
Their door sensor is terrible quality. Soldering is bad, I got paring switch physically felt off, so I had had to short pins on…
My home network is about 40 devices (including petty things like thermometers, and important things like electrical window shutters with smart relays). About 20% of lightning in my home was converted.
I HATE CLOUDS. To be precise, I have consumer clouds which gobble data (for processing by third parties, etc, etc), and I hate to work through cloud. It’s breaking locality promise of the loyal home.
(this is not a guideline, just my working notes and logs)
My design principles for home automation: