Category: Smart Home

HOW-TO Easily Install and Secure mosquitto MQTT on Raspberry Pi

HOW-TO Easily Install and Secure mosquitto MQTT on Raspberry Pi

This HOW-TO is an easy step-by-step guide to getting an MQTT broker working on a Raspberry Pi including TLS and user authentication. If you haven’t yet set up your Pi here’s a HOW-TO: http://tinab.blog/how-to-headless-pi-easy-setup You can skip this step but it’s a useful base that ensures a good start: http://tinab.blog/how-to-install-a-standard-base-linux-server-on-raspberry-pi Start by updating (if you …

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House DC Power

House DC Power

Make a board as per these PDFs Make aluminium bits to secure PSU. Mount the PSU in the wooden board. 3D Print fuse holders as per this STL Mark copper strips as per this DWG and these photos Drill 1.5mm holes from the marked side Drill 3mm holes in the 12mm pieces – slowly so …

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WiFi-enabled AC Light Switch

WiFi-enabled AC Light Switch

A light switch that can be incorporated into a 2-way household switching circuit to add WiFi control while leaving the existing switching working in a way that requires the user to have no knowledge of the WiFi switch and allows installation using wiring conventions that are recognisable to anyone familiar with traditional 2-way switches. Troubleshooting …

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