Arik Yavilevich's blog

This is a story of yet another DIY project.

Introduction I have a Home Assistant-based Smart Home in my apartment.

A year ago I published an article about a very simple Vibration Logger using an Arduino Uno, an SD card and an accelerometer.

Recently I have had to monitor the operation of a system of pumps over a period of a few days.

When I was taking my young kids to the park or playground I wished I had a solution that would tell me where they are in case they go out of sight.

Smoke detectors are simple and effective means for saving lives and reducing damage to property in case of a fire.

Separation between code and data (specifically configuration data) is a critical concept in any development environment.

This is a quick follow-up post to my previous article about converting a Rinnai heater device to a smart device and controlling it with WiFi.

This article covers a home automation project, in which I extended a control panel of a Rinnai gas water heater with an ESP32.

This article covers an automotive project, in which I connect unused buttons on my car’s steering wheel to a micro-controller, which in turn emulates a keyboard and mouse device to the car’s infotainment system via USB. tl;dr, the buttons form a resistor…