Category Archives: Technical

Refocus Efforts

Posted on July 11, 2023 by larry

In the last few posts I showed I was working on Arduino stuff (home monitoring to be specific). I need to change my efforts and work on cleaning. Waiting on parts anyway. 3D Printer is churning through one more thing … Continue reading →

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Raiding Old Units for parts

Posted on July 10, 2023 by larry

Scavaneging parts from old systems to continue with my project. I swear there were a couple of RXB6 around the house. Anyway I ordered more even though I have been told the RXB12 perform better. Just have to wait till … Continue reading →

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Inconsistent Sensors

Posted on July 9, 2023 by larry

It is weird, I have the units in the same general area, and they can’t seem to sniff the same sensors. I change the antennas and did a bunch of different lengths and I am still not getting the same … Continue reading →

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RF 443 Assembly Line

Posted on July 8, 2023 by larry

I got my units on an assembly line now You can see the Sonoff on the left I am trying to match, then a hardware prototyping breadboard The dev one for testing software, three production ones next to it in … Continue reading →

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Dev Unit Is Done

Posted on July 7, 2023 by larry

It is built Maybe a few hardware tweaks here and there but I am OK with this unit. Now to work on the software. Weight: 340.0

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Pivoting to Node MCU

Posted on July 6, 2023 by larry

I am changing what I am building to nodemcu and a different receiver. Pictured is an RXB6 but with minor modifications I can do an RXB12 which is on order. Also this will go on a breadboard. Electronically this is … Continue reading →

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Low Power Wemos

Posted on July 5, 2023 by larry

Its been frustrating, but I got a couple wemos D1 mini’s that cannot provide enough power. I switched to a nodemcu and back to the RXB6 and now I can match the receive signals that the Sonos RF Bridge black. … Continue reading →

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Happy 4th of July 2023

Posted on July 4, 2023 by larry

I noticed I been getting a lot done. On the home cleaning boxes are sorted and ready to be donated. I got one of my alarm systems done. (Not quite, just need to screw in the lights and alarms, maybe … Continue reading →

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Goals for 2H 2023

Posted on July 1, 2023 by larry

July 1st, half of year gone by. Time for a little reflection. The year has not been bad, but I am not where I wanted to be health wise and financially. The house is coming together, it is getting neater … Continue reading →

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Documentation Paid Off

Posted on June 29, 2023 by larry

I am out of time and last night my son who was home said he could not get to the Internet. Luckily (or maybe I am just prepared) I had documentation and I was able to trace his connection remotely … Continue reading →

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