December 18, 2024

IKEA Bäve dimmer hack II

Updated 2024-12-18 !

Dimming not dimmable LED, IKEA Bäve, produced before 2019-11 and a new idea for later products !













In former post I used a Fibaro Z-Wave RGBW controller but in this post I will use an IKEA original or an external dimmer ?!

December 13, 2024

Raspberry Pi OS install with Mac/Windows/Linux

Updated 2024-12-13 !

When starting up a new project with Raspberry Pi I like to start up fresh and with a minimal OS. 
Therefore i always use Raspberry Pi OS(ROS) Lite and then adding what I need

Doing it right You don't have to use an external display, keybord and mouse, just a "sshclient.

Flash to a SSD ? Check this post.

December 01, 2024

Receive temperature, 433 MHz sensors, with RTL-SDR

 
Updated 2024-12-01 !

In my underfloor heating project, using Node-RED, I have to have one sensing thermometer per room/zone, seems to be 8 in total, so therefore it would be nice with a wireless battery sourced device with good resolution and frequent updates.

During the test phase I used a Z-way device but the resolution was pretty bad. Another device mentioned is the Ruuvi tag but since it's a bluetooth device the transmitting range could be better.

After some googling I went for 433 MHz devices.