Category Archives: Projects

Storage Expansion

Posted on 2022-02-08 by Nigel VH

For the last several years I’ve had a storage shelf attached to my home server supporting roughly 30TB of redundant storage making use of ZFS, which I’ve been quite pleased with. I use it to store all my various media, … Continue reading →

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Home Energy Monitor

Posted on 2022-01-28 by Nigel VH

Some friends and I recently spoke about understanding our home energy usage better, and implementing data collection for various circuits in which we had little real visibility into the actual usage and how they contributed to our energy bills. We … Continue reading →

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GPS Antenna Distribution Amplifier

Posted on 2022-01-18 by Nigel VH

In doing some recent repair and testing work on a few GPSDOs (GPS Disciplined Oscillators), I was looking to have multiple devices running at the same time without switching antennas. There are of course generic splitters, which can be a … Continue reading →

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ESP32 IR Controller

Posted on 2021-05-21 by Nigel VH

I have a multi-zone ductless mini-split system installed in my house, which has been a fantastic addition and does a great job with keeping the house comfortable. Though the limitation of all zones having to be in the same mode … Continue reading →

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Cellular Webcam Revision 3

Posted on 2020-11-19 by Nigel VH

I have made another revision to my ongoing cellular webcam project to include some improvements and lessons learned from revisions 1 and 2. In addition to attempting to reduce costs a bit. Cost reductions mostly came from finding equivalent parts … Continue reading →

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