As the only electronics engineer in my family and circle of friends, it is sometimes not possible to evade an appeal for help. This time the request came from a friendly elderly lady in a retirement ...

If your wall-mounted garage door opener is less than two decades old, adding a remote is fairly easy, whether you prefer ...

Naturally, you’ll need a Home Assistant server for this to work. The platform is free and open-source, and runs on just about anything. If you want an instant turnkey solution, consider Home Assistant ...

When [beerninja] wanted to swap his USB keyboard from one game console to another without mucking about with wires, he asked the Hack A Day forums for some help. [Meseta] (AKA [UAirLtd]) came to the ...

This circuit is low cost and can be constructed easily. By using this circuit, we can control any house hold appliance with the help of remote. This circuit is low cost and can be constructed easily.

We frequently get home automation tips, many of which have simple circuit-based on/off control for lights. [Paulo Borges] has created something quite different, however, with his in-the-wall ...

I will eventually have 3-4 POE cameras in and around my main house, and I'd like to power them from a POE switch. I'd also like to power-cycle them remotely, as ~$100 cameras have a habit of needing ...