Category: Design


  1. KAJPLATS

    KAJPLAT lightbulb

    So I had an old halogen light as a desk light and it got really annoying. The annoying part was that it was not part of the home automation system. Which would mean getting out of bed if I left it on on accident. I know first world problems right …

    By:Gerald
    On:Sat 31 January 2026
    In:Design

  2. Daemonised energy software

    Well I have made several updates to the software learning python on the go.
    If you are interested in how I learn a new programming language please go over to my github page and follow the commits.

    I have made a nice python daemon which should be able to do …

    By:Gerald
    On:Thu 30 January 2014
    In:design

  3. Home Energy Meter

    Image of the setup

    A few weeks ago I found an arduino micro controller board lying around doing nothing.
    It happened to be around the time that I was wondering how to be able to automatically measure the energy usage.
    We still have an old fashioned disc energy meter  which is not compatible with …

    By:Gerald
    On:Thu 02 January 2014
    In:design

  4. Second small step...

    For the people that did not read my guest blog on Erik his page.
    I have been involved in designing some new electronics for the reprap project. This means that I have added a new category for my own blog. This is also the reason why i revived it (e …

    By:Gerald
    On:Fri 18 March 2011
    In:design