It's quite some time ago, I wrote my last blog post. But I had a lot to do and there have been quite action, creating some material for new posts.…
Crying on Open Waters – A Piece of HW for AhoyDTU and Reading the Hoymiles Inverters
Reverse Engineering the Buderus KM271 – And Making It WiFi-Flying on ESPhome and Home Assistant
If you bought one of my modules recently, it is also worth looking at the how-to project page for this module :-) There is a new method available to flash…
Doing the Undone – Decoding SML or Hacking the Tibber Raw Data
The Problem I Encountered... Just after installing the Pulse IR and the Tibber Bridge, I was quite a bit frustrated about the continuity of the Tibber data. This was not…
Getting Rid of Nasty Underground Neighbours – IoT Mouse Trap
As a mole, you sometimes have the same problems like humans: Nasty neighbours. In my case, mice. I have a cat named Tommy (his full name is Thomas Alva Edison…
Intensive Underground Metering – An RJ45 Breakout for Connecting Your Meters Through Ethernet Cabling
Again, I quickly developed a gadget to ease my life as a data collecting mole. ModBus adapters mostly have three drawbacks. Firstly, they have open wires, secondly, if you route…
In The Heat Of The Night – 1-Wire Temperature Sensor Directly Immersed
As always, I want to first quickly explain, what brought me to that project... If you look around in different stores and on aliexpress, you can find a ton of…
Code Red on Fire – Or Heat-Metering with Node-Red
OK, guys, as you may have noticed when reading my post about my new heating system, I have three heat meters installed that have M-Bus connectivity. I also wrote some…
Smart Home Controlled Joy-IT Lab Power Supply
OK, you'll definitely believe, moles are crazy. You would ask, for what do you need a laboratory power supply that is controlled by your smart home (Home Assistant)? It's easy,…
Get Your Personal Oil Well Level – Integrating OilFox Into Home Assistant using node-red
After migrating from iobroker to Home Assistant, I lost the level of my oil tank in my smart home, being forced to have a look into the smartphone app. That…
Taking Your M-Bus To The Next Level… MQTT
Introduction First of all, why would you do this? Many people own an appartment and want to measure the heat, water, electricity flow to the people living there. Others just…