Category Archives: hacking

Home Assistant Energy Dashboard

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Gaz99

Introduction As a home owner who has invested in Solar PV and Solar Thermal technology for my house; that is also a Home Assistant enthusiast, I have long had the ambition to create a Home Energy dashboard using Home Assistant. … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pico RGB Keypad ‘Stream Deck’

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Gaz99

In my job I do a lot of Microsoft Teams calls and I also make Videos using the excellent OBS software. I wanted a cheap way to use the keyboard short cuts to make my life easier. I had looked … Continue reading →

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Internet Radio from Broken Bose Dockstation (Part 2)

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Gaz99

This is part 2 of a blog post, in Part 1 I introduced the project and covered the electronics and software design. In this final part I will cover the hardware build and software installation. Hardware build. All of the … Continue reading →

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Internet Radio from broken Bose Dockstation (Part 1)

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Gaz99

I was inspired by the project listed in the January 2021 MagPi magazine where David Hunt built a “BOSEBerry Pi” audio / internet radio player, using a second hand BOSE Dockstation, Pi Zero W, DAC and AMP and thought I … Continue reading →

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Monitoring Room Temperatures with Moteino’s and Raspberry Pi

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Gaz99

Read about my latest use of Pi and Arduino Here.  and you can also produce data like this: .

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Home Energy Centre using Raspberry Pi and Nook Simple Touch

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Gaz99

Introduction Following on from using a Raspberry Pi to capture the electricity consumption of my home, I have over the last 2 years installed Solar Thermal Hot Water panels and very recently Solar PV.  This meant that I had an … Continue reading →

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Monitoring Home Electricity Consumption with a Raspberry Pi – part 2

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Gaz99

1. What you need A Raspberry Pi A Current Cost Meter A RJ45 to USB converter cable 2. Setting Up the Raspberry Pi Install the latest version of the Rasbian image onto a suitable SD card, insert into the Pi, … Continue reading →

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Monitoring Home Electricity Consumption with a Raspberry Pi – part 1

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Gaz99

Preamble A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be given a Current Cost Energy Meter like the one in the photos below.  This type of device comes with a Hall Effect Sensor which goes around the Live … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Projects

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Gaz99

Well I have owned a Raspberry Pi’ (c)  for a year now and I find them fantastic.  As someone who grew up with a BBC Micro (Model A upgraded by me to a B) when I was a teenager and spent many … Continue reading →

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