Edge and Maker Experiments
Embedded computing and field experiments.
Embedded and Physical Computing
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Pigeon Wars: When a Balcony Problem Becomes Edge Computing
We have a balcony. It has a fig tree, some tiles, and pigeons. Every time I spotted one I’d rush out and…
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ESP32 Soundbox in an IKEA Frame: A Weekend Hardware Build with AI Support
A friend of mine has a very particular taste in music. So when our group decided to give gifts that all fit…
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ESP32 Boot Optimization with PlatformIO and Menuconfig
Speed Up Boot-Time with Menuconfig (ESP32) When you read this, you may have been already going a long way … and I…
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TinyML on NDP101: A Practical Edge Impulse Development Setup
In this short post I summarize my development environment using Platformio & Clion. I have adjusted platformio.ini file to include libraries and…
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Syntiant NDP 101 – Always-On Low Power Speech Recognition
NDP 101 – fresh from Digitkey – what do I want to now? I will integrate the Syntiant TinyML NDP101 board with…
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Goodwatch: An eInk Alarm Clock That Tries to Understand Me
Goodwatch – The eInk Alarm Clock that listens to my voice – cloudfree and running on battery for months! I built already…
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Designing a Low-Power Smart Button for Home Automation
15 Seconds to understand the concept! What I want is: Why this was a little challenge? Well…I already got the display running,…
Field Notes and Experiments
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Smart – Home: Setup Conbee and ikea tradfri
After giving-up with my Dash-Buttons (see Dead of Amazon-Dash) Setup DeConz and Conbee on RPI3 Install ConBee and DeConz headless on Raspberry…
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Building a Four Dollar Smart Home Switch with Tasmota and OpenHAB
It all started with an article in my favourite computer magazine Heise – WLAN Plug with Tasmota. So I could control some…
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Most Complicated Watch: Designing the Enclosure
After a long time the MCW was standing outside in the cruel world – now I found its time for a real…
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Reviving an Old Samsung Tab S2: Practical Reuse Instead of E-Waste
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 – Revival In my very perosnal opinition, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 is one of the best tablets…
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ESP8266 Touch Display as a Remote Interface for Raspberry Pi
Introduction I am using a 1.8 Inch LCD Screen SPI Serial Port Module TFT Color Display Touch Screen ST7735 (128*160) for Arduino”,…
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Inside the eInk Calendar: ESP8266, WiFi and Low-Power Display Design
How does it work? The Calendar has two components, the ESP8266 handling the WIFI Communication and the Waveshare eInk Display to show…
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Double Smart: A Physical Smart-Home Switch for Hue and OpenHAB
Easy That was easy one – just combining what I learned from the MCW (MCW – Most Complicated Watch . A little…
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Most Complicated Watch: Building a Low-Power eInk Desk Companion
This project took long, much longer than expected. Starting with Arduino, I learned how eInk displays works and how to speed up…
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Calendar: Building a Long-Running eInk Family Schedule Display
Its all about time! Why did I do this? Since many years I am using Google Calendar, believe me I was an…