Why buy one when you can build it cheaper?

Home automation with high usefulness and low annoyance tends to rely on reliable person sensing, and [francescopace]’s ESPectre shows one way to do that cheaply and easily by leveraging hardware ...

Imagine walking into a room that automatically adjusts its temperature and humidity to your comfort level, no apps, no manual adjustments, just seamless automation. Sounds futuristic? Not anymore.

Nailing the basics.

Unlike traditional homes, where electronic devices operate independently of each other, in a smart home, there is an infrastructure that connects all the sensors and can access the internet via ...

ST’s VL53L5CX is a very small 8×8 grid ranging sensor that can perform distance measurements at a distance of up to 4 meters. [Henrique Ferrolho] demonstrated that this little sensor can also be used ...

Imagine a world where your smart home devices are so efficient, you barely think about them, no constant recharging, no scrambling for fresh batteries, just seamless automation. Yet, for many, this ...