Home Automation

by Matthew Ford 16th September 2024 (original 20^th August 2017)
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Home Automation Projects

Simple Home Automation for Beginners – Android/Arduino for switching things on and off (Absolutely No coding or soldering required)

Automatic Lights – Turns light on, if it is dark, when anyone enters and off when they leave. Suitable for beginners.

Audio Rain Sensor and BLE Window/Door Open Detector – Sound Alarm if there is a window open when it starts raining.

BLE High Power Light Switch -- 2023 – Retrofit existing switch with Android control.
This project supersedes all these previous BLE light switch projects:- BLE Led Light Switch – 2023, Remote Controlled Light Switch – 2017, BLE Power Control with pfodApp

Auto Night Lights – Lights turn on at Dusk and off at Dawn using an external BLE ambient light sensor.

ESP-01 Time Switch – Simple construction of a Power Timer. Suitable for beginners. Turns low voltage devices on/off at set times during the day. Keeps accurate time and handles time zones and daylight saving changes without re-programming. Uses web pages instead of pfodApp. Also see Water Pump Control using this Timer Switch

BLE Room Temperature controlled Heater with Timer Switch – Combines 4 existing projects to measure the room temperature with a remove BLE temperature sensor and control a heater during the times set by the NTP Timer Switch

IoTaWatt Real Time Electricity Cost and Reprogramming with Arduino IDE – Shows how to program IoTaWatt using Arduino IDE and remove any WiFi settings and how to plot the Electricity cost in real time.

ESP8266 Controlled Garage Diesel Heater – A truck diesel heater for the garage with WiFi remote control and fuel/air flow/air temperature monitoring.

ESP8266 AutoLocking Door – Controlled and monitored by pfodApp

Wifi IR Remote – Android controlled (via Wifi) Customizable IR Remote Replacement. Handles multiple devices with customizable screen display and IR recording function.

Long Life Battery Powered Remote – On/Off remote via WiFi, Bluetooth Classic, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Radio/LoRa or SMS

LoRa/Radio Long Range Garage Door Controller – A point-to-point LoRa in-car remote control and garage door receiver. 128bit security and indication the door has reached the required position. The door can also be controlled from your Android mobile, via a WiFi to Radio bridge, with a visual display of the door's position

Simple WiFi to BLE Bridge – Provides WiFi connection to your BLE projects

How to Add Relays to Arduino

Remote Controlled Light Switch - 2017 – This has been superseded by BLE Light Switch - 2023

Remote Controlled High Power Loads – Retrofit existing switch with Android control for kilowatt loads

Retrofitted Fan Timer – with override off and settable time

Retrofit House Lights with WiFi control - Keep existing switches. Uses ESP8266 and pfodApp (No Android programming required)

Simple, Secure, Internet Power Switch with Manual Override – IoT Extension Cable Inline Switch, Android controlled by pfodApp (No Android programming required)

AC Power/Light Switch Monitor – Optically Isolated Monitor for Power/Light Switch

Connecting DIY IoT devices to the Internet with pfodApp – How to connect at home and away using the same Connection

WiFi/Internet controlled Dual Power Switch (deprecated use the Simple, Secure, Internet Power Switch with Manual Override project instead)

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The General Purpose Android/Arduino Control App.
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