2024-01-20
By Vince on 2024-01-20, 14:09 - Electronics
I have a parking gate with a Came BXV controller and wanted to fully integrate it with a home automation system. Using a good old ESP8266 and ESPHome, I can now exactly control the movements from Home Assistant, get feedback of the actual gate position and state, and control it remotely or set-up alarms in case it stays open for too long for example.
So let me introduce CHAI - a CAME gate controller to Home Assistant Interface
2020-11-08
By Vince on 2020-11-08, 12:00 - Electronics
"For her a Moulinex, for him delicious meals"
Though I don't do many PCBs, I guess every hacker must have a reflow oven. So this is a project I've been pursuing on and off for nearly 4 years:
A small, portable, and dirt cheap (less than $25) reflow oven.
After a few tests with a traditional electric oven recovered from the trash, I concluded its thermal inertia was so high it would require massive modifications to achieve anything close to a decent reflow profile, and as I didn't feel like spending much money on a large oven, I looked for a better way.
And I think I found it. Read on for more...
2017-06-05
By Vince on 2017-06-05, 15:44 - Electronics
