esp32 & esp8266
ESPHome Starter Kit: ESP32-C6 Smart Home, Zero Soldering
Apollo Automation and the Open Home Foundation shipped a $40 ESP32-C6 kit that gets a local smart-home sensor node running without a single solder…
esp32 & esp8266
OpenMote Turns Your Old Wii Remote Into an ESP32 Smart Home Hub
A team gutted a dusty Wii Remote and dropped in an ESP32-S3 board, so the old wand can now fire Home Assistant scenes and…
arduino
Arduino UNO Q Smart Doorbell Keeps Your Video Off the Cloud
An open-source Arduino UNO Q doorbell runs person-detection AI on-device and pushes snapshots over Telegram, no cloud servers required.
iot & smart home
Run OpenClaw: Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into an Agentic AI Sidekick
OpenClaw lets an AI agent act on its own, and a Raspberry Pi is the safest sandbox to run it. Here is what the…
uncategorized
Renter-Safe DIY Smart Curtains with ESP32, AS5600 & Home Assistant
An ESP32, an AS5600 angle sensor, and clever 3D-printed gears turn ordinary curtains into a removable, renter-safe smart-home upgrade.