How to Hacking Your Garage Door with the Raspberry Pi Pico W
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Frank
- November 14, 2022
- Android
- apple watch
- Automation
- Beginner
- close
- Cloud
- connected
- door
- enforcer
- esp32
- esp8266
- esphome
- garage
- Getting Started
- Guide
- helpful
- home assistant
- homelab
- honeywell
- house
- Install
- internal
- internet of things
- IoT
- iphone
- Learning
- LED
- light
- micropython
- nag
- notification
- open
- phone
- pico
- pico w
- Privacy
- Programming
- push
- Raspberry Pi
- reminder
- seco-larm
- sensor
- Software
- testing
- Tutorial
- wife
- WiFi
- Wired
- wireless
- YAML
A high tech solution to not leaving the garage door open all day! Here’s the open source Raspberry Pi Pico W garage door sensor project, with instructions for how you can set up the same thing at your house: https://github.com/geerlingguy/pico-w-garage-door-sensor
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Backups: You’re doing ’em wrong!
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Frank
- December 10, 2021
- 123
- 3-2-1
- 321
- arq
- asustor
- AWS
- backblaze
- Backup
- backup & restore
- backup plan
- backups
- carbon copy cloner
- ccc
- Cloud
- Computer
- copy
- crashplan
- data recovery
- Disaster Recovery
- dr
- files
- glacier
- Guide
- hard drive
- library
- Linux
- local
- mac
- macOS
- Media
- nail
- NAS
- network attached storage
- photos
- process
- qnap
- ramset
- Raspberry Pi
- rclone
- red shirt jeff
- restic
- restore
- rsj
- rsync
- s3
- ssd
- synology
- time machine
- Windows
If you’re relying on Google or Apple to back up your data, or you just have a hard drive plugged into your computer, your data’s at risk, v
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Little Known ESP32 Power Saving Modes
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Frank
- December 8, 2021
- Arduino
- arduino project
- beginners
- clock reduction
- deep sleep
- DIY
- do-it-yourself
- eevblog
- Electronics
- esp32
- esp32 datasheet
- esp32 project
- esp32 tutorial
- esp32 weather station
- esp8266
- esp8266 datasheet
- esp8266 project
- greatscott
- Guide
- hack
- hobby
- how to
- IoT
- light sleep
- LoRaWAN
- nodemcu
- project
- simple
- smart home
- supercapacitors
- ttgo
- wemos
- WiFi
Another great video about the ESP32 and its power saving modes. I need to dust off my soldering iron. We all know that we send our ESP32s to deep sleep to save energy. But do you know the other possibilities to save energy like light sleep and clock reduction? And what about modem sleep or […]
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Are Supercapacitors the better Batteries?
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Frank
- November 29, 2021
- Arduino
- arduino project
- beginners
- DIY
- do-it-yourself
- eevblog
- Electronics
- esp32
- esp32 datasheet
- esp32 project
- esp32 tutorial
- esp32 weather station
- esp8266
- esp8266 datasheet
- esp8266 project
- greatscott
- Guide
- hack
- hobby
- how to
- IoT
- LoRaWAN
- nodemcu
- project
- simple
- smart home
- supercapacitors
- ttgo
- wemos
- WiFi
I have often wondered why use batteries and not supercapacitors. Supercapacitors are super like Superman or Superwoman. Otherwise, they only would be called “Capacitors.” Right? Where are they “super” and where not? Where can we use them, and how? And the most important question: Are they better than batteries?
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How to Create Fillable PDF Form for Free
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Frank
- March 15, 2021
- Adobe
- adobe pdf
- checkbox
- combo
- create
- create a form
- create form
- export
- export pdf
- fillable
- fillable form
- fillable form pdf
- fillable pdf
- fillable pdf form
- form
- form pdf
- freem
- Guide
- help
- how to
- how to create a fillable form
- how to create a fillable pdf form
- how to make a fillable pdf
- how to make fillable form
- kevin
- kevin stratvert
- libre office
- libreoffice
- list
- make
- make a form
- option
- pdf fillable form
- pdf form
- pdfs
- stratvert
- text box
- Tutorial
- writer
Kevin Stratvert provides this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to create a fillable PDF form for free using LibreOffice. LibreOffice is free and open source software that allows you to create forms and export as a PDF form. When you distribute your form, others can fill out your form easily. Once they complete your form, they […]
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How to use Microsoft PowerToys
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Frank
- February 18, 2021
- App
- app launcher
- apps
- bulk
- color picker
- explorer
- fancy zones
- fancyzones
- file explorer
- Guide
- how to
- image
- image resizer
- kevin stratvert
- keyboard
- keyboard manager
- mark down
- markdown
- Microsoft
- microsoft powertoys
- microsoft windows
- Power
- power toys
- powertoys
- remap keyboard
- remap keys
- remap shortcut
- remap shortcuts
- resizer
- screen snap
- screen snapping
- short cuts
- shortcut
- svg
- Tip
- toys
- trick
- tricks
- window snap
- Windows
- WIndows 10
- windows snap
- windows snapping
In this step-by-step tutorial, Kevin Stratvert teaches us how to get and use Microsoft PowerToys. With Power Toys, use a color picker to get the HEX, RGB, etc. value for any color on your screen, snap windows using Fancy Zones, preview SVG and markdown files in File Explorer, resize images in bulk, rename files in […]
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How to use Microsoft Power Apps
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Frank
- February 1, 2021
- 365
- App
- app builder
- application
- apps
- Azure
- Build
- build app
- business app
- Code
- Coding
- connectors
- Data
- data base
- data verse
- database
- develop
- develop app
- Development
- distribute
- Dynamics
- edit
- Excel
- Guide
- help
- how to
- kevin stratvert
- list
- Low Code
- Microsoft
- Microsoft 365
- microsoft power apps
- ms power app
- ms power apps
- No Code
- Office
- Office 365
- Power
- power app
- Power Apps
- PowerApps
- powerapps.com
- program
- share point
- sharepoint
- sharepoint list
- SQL
- stratvert
- Tutorial
Kevin Stratvert walks us through a step-by-step tutorial where you learn how you can use Microsoft Power Apps to build professional-grade apps the easy way.
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The Definitive Guide to Attaching Sensors to the Raspberry Pi (Tutorial)
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Frank
- January 25, 2021
- Aliexpress
- Amazon
- Banggood
- Docker
- esp8266
- esp8266 datasheet
- esp8266 project
- esp8266 tutorial
- FET
- FET tutorial
- Field Effect Transistor
- greatscott
- Guide
- hack
- hobby
- home assistant
- how to
- IoT
- lora
- LoRaWAN
- Microsoft
- n-channel
- nodemcu
- npn
- p-channel
- pnp
- project
- Raspberry Pi
- simple
- smart home
- Teams
- ttgo
- Tutorial
- wemos
- WiFi
- zoom
Andreas Spiess teaches us how to connect sensors to a Raspberry Pi and where to get the needed libraries.
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How to Use the New Approvals App in Microsoft Teams
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Frank
- January 20, 2021
- App
- approval
- approval app
- approval request
- approvals
- approvals app
- approvers
- automate
- automated
- automated cloud flow
- Channel
- chat
- cloud flow
- custom responses
- Flow
- Guide
- help
- how to
- kevin
- kevin stratvert
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Teams
- ms teams
- new approval request
- Power
- power automate
- receive
- received
- request
- respond
- send
- sent
- share point
- sharepoint
- sharepoint approval
- stratvert
- support
- team
- Teams
- teams approval
- teams approvals
- teams channel
- teams microsoft
In this step-by-step tutorial by Kevin Stratvert, learn how to use the NEW Approvals app in Microsoft Teams. The Approvals app is available as a personal app for all Microsoft Teams users. The Approvals app provides a simple way to bring auditing, compliance, accountability, and workflows to both structured and unstructured Approvals in Teams. Learn […]
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Should You Build or Buy a 5V USB Portable Solar Power Charger?
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Frank
- August 3, 2020
- 4W
- 5V
- Amazon
- Beginner
- beginners
- boost
- buck
- buy
- cell
- charge
- charger
- circuit
- constant
- converter
- current
- DIY
- do
- electronic
- Electronics
- epoxy
- flux
- fold
- foldable
- garden
- Go
- greatscott
- Guide
- it
- light
- load
- make
- maximum
- measure
- mppt
- on
- open
- or
- output
- panel
- pen
- point
- portable
- Power
- project
- resin
- review
- short
- Solar
- solder
- sun
- tapping
- test
- tester
- the
- track
- tracking
- Tutorial
- usb
- voltage
- wire
- yourself
In this video, GreatScott! takes a closer look at a commercial 5V USB portable solar power charger. After measuring its output power and pretty much “short reviewing” the product, I will try to make my own DIY version that should cost around the same while outputting more power! Let’s get started!
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