Tagged “Smart home”

After moving house, I was having really bad signal issues with my Zigbee devices that I used in my smart home. After researching and fiddling around a lot, I fixed it and learned some skills along the way! Here's how I did it.

I'm terrified of accidentally leaving the garage door open. Lets see if I can watch and control it from my smart home?

I've been using the Wyze Cam v2 with custom firmware for a few months now. There are things I like, and faced some challenges. Here are my thoughts so far.

The Wyze Cam v2 wifi security camera is a very capable camera, great for a smart home project, but I don't want to rely on a vendor's cloud service. Lets take control!

I want to try my hand at making my home a smart home, with automations and IoT gadgets. Here's is what I'm planning, and the challenges I'm setting myself.