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Convert Tuya Smart Plug for Privacy and Control – Walkthrough

In your favorite online Chinese outlet the number of smart home gadgets/appliances seems to be growing on a daily basis. This is fantastic for home automation enthusiasts who want to automate their home or office. It is also beneficial for anyone with a very specific problem to solve. However, virtually …

DIY 3D Printed Camera Dolly with Pan and Tilt Head

For a long time now I have been longing for a sliding platform for my video camera to take some smooth scrolling panning videos. Also, I have long wished to take proper panoramic images with my SLR. I have had some success using a tripod, but the process was a …

How I Made a Clock out of Parts of Old Projects

One side effect of ordering PCBs from a professional fab house is that you always get more PCBs than you actually need. For example, when you place an order for a PCB prototype at PCBWay, you get at least 10 copies of the PCB, sometimes even more. In most cases, …

ESP32-S3-Mini-1 Development Board

Below I present my own ESP32-S3 development board. The reason for creating my own development board is twofold: Features and advantages This board is using the ESP32-S3-MINI-1 module from Espressif. The board’s features include the following: Schematics Here is the schematics of the development board: Board As usual, I designed …

An ESP-Now – WiFi Gateway or Preparing for Integrating Solar Powered ESP Based Devices to my Home Automation System

Since I live in an area where sunshine is almost always abundant, it makes sense to harvest energy from the sun as much as possible. This includes making various sensors around the house, especially the ones that are outside, operate with solar energy. This is usually not a very difficult …

No Recovery, No Fastboot, No FastbootD – No Problem! – Case Study with Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G

Caution: The process shown below is not for the average user. If you do not understand the process, you should not do it at all. There is a risk of rendering your phone completely dead. Should you need assistance with your phone, contact me on Telegram, I’ll be happy to …

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