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A Hacky Way to Add Drift Mode Support to HomeAssistant for SwitchBot Curtains 3

December 9, 2023March 12, 2025 - Leave a Comment

As of Home Assistant 2023.12.1, drift mode isn’t supported for the new switchbot curtain version 3. I saw there was some work being started on adding support but wanted to …

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Sound-Reactive LED Strip using MSGEQ7 and FastLED

December 8, 2022August 4, 2023 - Leave a Comment

Creating a sound-reactive LED light show can be a fun and visually stunning project. In this post, we’ll be using an Arduino, the MSGEQ7 IC, and the FastLED library to …

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Creating a Smart Pet Feeder with MQTT and Arduino

October 6, 2022August 3, 2023 - Leave a Comment

The Internet of Things (IoT) technology has enabled us to connect various devices around our homes. In this post, we are going to look at a simple IoT project, an …

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7×10 LED Matrix Powered by MSGEQ7

June 21, 2013 - Leave a Comment

This project uses the MSGEQ7 in order to power a 7 channel LED equalizer. The goal was to use current components that were already avilable. Using 70 LEDs, a 7×10 …

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Lap Timer

May 25, 2013 - Leave a Comment

This project was used to time a vehicle around a track by using a sonar sensor to detect when the vehicle passed by. What made this project challenging is wanting …

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LCD Temperature Project

April 11, 2013 - Leave a Comment

The goal of this project was to test out the temperature sensor and LCD screen for a larger long term project. It involves using the DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor …

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