… You’d either have to grab the proprietary Voice Preview system or look into a DIY setup involving microcontrollers/single-board computers, microphone modules, and a lot of programming wizardry. …
… But an ESP32 is just as effective for making DIY dashboards Since the ESP32 barely consumes any power, it’s hands-down the most efficient way to build dashboards involving anything from small displays to full-fledged e-ink monitors and LED matrix panels. …
… To make this button feel like a permanent fixture of your home rather than a weekend experiment, you need to address the two most common DIY pitfalls: mass and labeling. …
… However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics. …
… It's one of the most exciting developments in the DIY smart home world. …
… But I really recommend splitting all your devices across a couple of dashboards, as it will make managing everything as a beginner a lot simpler. Got specific devices in the kitchen? They can reside in their own dashboards. …
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… Less intimidating than traditional reverse-proxy setups and closer to a guided installer than a DIY networking project. curl -fsSL https://static.pangolin.net/get-installer.sh | bash ./installer Once that was done, I opened the Pangolin dashboard via the initial setup domain and created a “site” th… …
… The same holds true for building vibration-controlled automations, Bluetooth proxies, custom e-ink dashboards, and practically most IoT projects out there. Although I rely on ESP32 microcontrollers for most of my projects, the Raspberry Pi’s Pico lineup isn’t too bad, either. …
… However, I recently came across ESPHome, a tool designed to help tinkerers manage their microcontrollers, and it has been a lifesaver for my DIY projects. …