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.

Ongoing

• Improve website dark mode and syntax highlighting
  • I'm making some changes to my dark mode theme and code syntax highlighting.
• 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.
• Expand and improve the water alarm on my RPi DIY security system
  • 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
  • I still have some work to do on the power and battery setup on my home made security system.
• Measure outdoor temperature
  • Use an old Raspberry Pi 2 and a DS18B20 probe to accurately measure outdoor temperature.
• 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.
• 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.
• Running MikroTik CHR as my border router
  • Setting up a virtual instance of MikroTik's CHR router, and replace my EdgeRouter.
• DIY alarm system
  • I'm making my own alarm system with Home Assistant, Zigbee, and some wired stuff.
• Home network V2
  • I'm doing some big changes to my home network infrastructure.

Last completed

• Network to the 2nd floor den
  • Running CAT6 cables from the attic patch panel to our 2nd floor den.
• Network to the twins' rooms
  • I'm running two CAT6 cables to my twins' bedrooms, will be terminated in the attic switch.
• Network run to refurbished hallway
  • I'm running CAT6 cable to a future access point. Will be placed on a table in a hallway we are refurbishing.
• Try using NetBox
  • I'm going to try to use NetBox to document everything; the rack, servers, network runs, switches — everything.
• Reducing my energy consumption
  • With the current energy prices in Europe — I'm taking some steps to reduce my energy consumption.

Electronics

• #electronics 67

Controllers

• Arduino Uno 2
• AVR AT90S2313 3
• AVR AT90S8515 1
• AVR ATmega8 12
• AVR ATtiny2313 17
• Raspberry Pi 4
• Raspberry Pi Zero W 2
• WeMos D1 mini 3

Computing

• #home-assistant 14
• #homelab 27
• #hugo 19
• #linux 11
• #networking 33

Code

• powerwalker-python-lib
  • Python3 library for the PowerWalker PDU RC16 and ATS devices.
• rpi-alarm
  • A DIY security alarm system — powered by a Raspberry Pi. Supports hardwired and MQTT sensors.
• xpb
  • Something something pastebin, URL-shortener, and file dump.