It’s a bit sad how deserted this community is, would love to connect more with other makers.

Let’s rattle the cage a bit, who of you is here, and what are you working on?

I’ll start: A wireless cryptographic keystore & signer. Keys are generated with the hardware RNG and stored AES-encrypted with the user’s password, and you can request signatures via BLE.

  • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Boring stuff- Sprinkler controllers Current monitoring on a few circuits in the panel so the girlfriend can see if she left her hair straightener switched on

    • Windex007@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I plopped one onto a relay for a pump on my rain barrel to water my garden from rainwater

      Next year gonna get it reading the water level in the barrel

      • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I have a Shelly plug on my rain barrel. It monitors the current to the pump and stops it when the barrel is empty.

        • Windex007@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I’ve heard nothing but good things about Shelly plugs! Are you in North America? Whenever I look at them they seem kinda Euro-centric and I don’t look as hard as maybe I should…

          My whole outdoor tech ecosystem runs on 12V, I have a little solar array that keeps an old car battery topped up. It’s a 12 V pump and the solar controller has a 5V USB output that I run the esp off of.

          Can you run a Shelly off 5/12 V? Super curious about those devices

          • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            They have some older DC stuff but most of their offerings in the US are 120vac. Their price to performance is great

    • BOFH666@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      This kind of stuff I enjoy. Got a heated mirror, still haven’t (but should) added some kind of logic to power it down when the kids forgot to do so.