Making a 2D platform game with Godot 3.0
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon the game engine Godot and I decided to give it a try by learning how to use it for creating a 2D platform…
RFXtrx433E, Node-RED, MQTT and Home Assistant
This post describes how I have setup an RFXtrx433E device with a Raspberry Pi to transform data from inexpensive 433 MHz motion- and climate-sensors into MQTT messages on my local…
A memory game with React
During Christmas I got a little bit bored so I spent some time creating a simple memory game with React, JavaScript and a set of old nature photographs of mine.…
A React app for Philips Hue lights
In my previous post I showed how a Philips Hue bridge can be integrated with Home Assistant for controlling lights with automation. The Philips Hue bridge has an easy-to-use REST…
Philips Hue and Home Assistant
Philips Hue is a line of wireless light bulbs that are controlled with Zigbee signals from a LAN-attached Philips Hue bridge. With the Philips Hue app it is very easy…
Home Assistant – notifications on iOS
Home Assistant has a nice iOS integration with the Home Assistant for iOS app. In this post I will describe how I have used the notify platform in Home Assistant…
Blynk, PlatformIO and ESP32
Blynk is an IoT-platform that consists of a Blynk server, custom projects within an iOS/Android mobile app and custom hardware IoT-nodes (Arduinos etc) using a Blynk library. The mobile app…
Using CH340 devices with OSX
I have several low-cost development boards that use the CH340/CH341 usb-to-serial chip for usb communication. Unfortunately, with OSX Sierra, the official CH340 driver cause a Kernel Panic (freeze + reboot)…
