Projects
I like computers and electronics — here is what I have going on at the moment, and some links to my electronics, homelab, and computer projects.
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DIY security alarm
I’m making my own alarm system with Home Assistant, Zigbee, and some wired stuff.
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Home network v2
My home network 2.0 started with me replacing all my Unifi switches for MikroTik — and looking for a new router. Then followed a lot of network cabling and Wi-Fi improvements, and wrapping up with some IPv6.
TLDR; I’m taking my home network to the next level.
Ongoing
- Upgrade my file server; Zeta
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- With only an Intel Pentium G4560 CPU, my file server is a bit weak. It needs an upgrade!
- Redundant core switches, with MLAG
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- I now have two MikroTik CRS317-1G-16S+, the plan is to connect distribution switches and servers to both and use MLAG.
- Rearrange homelab rack
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- Move servers around in my homelab rack, better utilizing the space.
- Replace motion sensors on RPi security system
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- I will be replacing all Aqara motion sensors with Hue — they seem more reliable, have better battery life, short cool-down and I like the mounting options better.
- Whole house alarm system buzzers/sounders
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- Having sounder that are audible throughout the house is nice. Getting attention without using the 90 dB indoor siren.
- External voltage ref on RPi security system
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- Using an external voltage reference to get more accurate voltage measurements on my RPi security system.
- Wine cabinet in home office
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- Finding room for a wine cabinet in my home office.
- Garage door control
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- Control the garage door from Home Assistant — using a Shelly PRO relay
- DIY fire alarm
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- I'm looking into implementing professional smoke detectors into my RPi security system.
- Test Netdata for homelab monitoring
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- I've been without a monitoring solution for a while now — didn't want to spend time setting one up. With Netdata I might not have to.
- 5V power rail improvements on the RPI DIY security system
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- My 5V rail was a bit weak, giving under-voltage errors on the Raspberry Pi. It needs improving.
- Expand and improve the water alarm on my RPi DIY security system
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- Add custom actions to the water alarm; like turning off the dish washer and main water valve.
- Power and battery setup for the RPi DIY security system
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- I still have some work to do on the power and battery setup on my home made security system.
- Build a module to show electricity price and consumption
- I'm making a simple module, using WeMos D1 mini, to show the current electricity price and consumption — using LEDs.
- Running MikroTik CHR as my border router
- Setting up a virtual instance of MikroTik's CHR router, and replace my EdgeRouter.
Last completed
- Upgrade fileserver, and move ZFS pools from hypervisor
- I've been running my ZFS pools on my hypervisor for about a year. Time to move them back to the file server.
- Migrate videos to Bunny Stream
- I found that my DIY video implementation wasn't actually all that great, so I'm migrating to Bunny Stream instead.
- Single mode fiber between the house and garage
- I'm going to pull single mode fiber in an underground conduit between the house and garage.
- Making a pub table
- I got an old table top from a friend. It was in bad condition, I'm freshening it up and turning it into a pub table.
- Underground power and conduits to garage and shed
- I'm running three-phase power and conduits, for fiber and outdoor lighting, to the garage and shed.
Electronics
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Controllers
- Arduino Uno 2
- AVR AT90S2313 3
- AVR AT90S8515 1
- AVR ATmega8 12
- AVR ATtiny2313 17
- Raspberry Pi 5
- Raspberry Pi Zero W 2
- WeMos D1 mini 3
Computing
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- home-assistant 18
- homelab 43
- linux 15
- networking 37
- website 25