Smart home that actually works — day to day

I'm Mike. I build ESP32 firmware, sensor networks and Home Assistant integrations — this is what's running in my own home. If your project is stuck, or you want something like this built, I also do that on commission.

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Frigate detects the cat in the sink at 81% confidence
The camera detects the cat (cat: 81%) — Home Assistant opens the faucet. Read the story →
Smart Cat Fountain
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Camera / AI / Home Assistant

Smart Cat Fountain

AI object detection opens the faucet for the cat

ESP32-S3 camera streams the sink to Frigate: when the Coral TPU detects a cat, Home Assistant opens the faucet valve — with run-on timer and safety cutoff.

ESP32-S3OV5640RTSPFrigate+4
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GaFuBi LoRa Mesh
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LoRa / Radio

GaFuBi LoRa Mesh

LoRa sensor network with AES encryption

Professional LoRa mesh network with gateway and multiple sensor nodes for garden, feed and bee monitoring.

ESP32-S3LoRa 868MHzAES-128MQTT+2
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GaFuBi HolzBackofen
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Touch HMI

GaFuBi HolzBackofen

WiFi controller for a wood-fired oven with touch display and Home Assistant

Self-developed standalone electronics for direct-fired wood-fired ovens. Two K-type thermocouples in dome and floor, 5-page touch UI, live web dashboard with chart, 11 baking programs with adaptive timer and Home Assistant integration.

ESP32-S32.8" TFTMAX31855Type K Thermocouple+6
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Energy Dashboard
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Web Dashboard

Energy Dashboard

Real-time solar & battery monitoring

Real-time energy flow dashboard for solar system, battery storage and household consumption with billing.

Node.jsMQTTMongoDBWebSocket+2
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BMS Web Dashboard
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Web Dashboard

BMS Web Dashboard

Multi-BMS battery monitoring

Web dashboard for monitoring multiple JK-BMS battery systems with Telegram alerts and long-term data logging.

Node.jsMQTTMongoDBTelegram Bot+2
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Tank Level System
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LoRa / Radio

Tank Level System

LoRa display gateway + pressure sensor

Wireless tank level system with round touch display and LoRa-connected sensor node.

ESP32-C3ESP32-S3LoRaGC9A01 Display+2
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BBQ Temp Monitor
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BLE / Gateway / App

BBQ Temp Monitor

BLE gateway + Android app for BBQ thermometer

ESP32 gateway with Flutter companion app: monitor Bluetooth BBQ thermometers, temperature alarm on your phone — even in the background.

ESP32BLENimBLEMQTT+4
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ESP32 Smoker Controller
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ESPHome / Home Assistant

ESP32 Smoker Controller

ESP32-S3 with PID control, adaptive power limiting and damper control

ESP32-S3-based smoker controller with PID regulation, multiple DS18B20/PT1000 sensors, adaptive power limiting, servo damper control and energy monitoring via PZEM-004T.

ESP32-S3ESPHomeHome AssistantPID Controller+6
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Touch HMI

Smart Scale with Touch

7-inch touch display with NFC

ESP32-S3 scale with 7-inch touch display, NFC container recognition and automatic inventory tracking.

ESP32-S3LVGL7" Touch LCDNFC/RFID+2
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Special / Hobby

DCC Block Detector

Model railway MQTT control

ESP32-based track occupancy detectors for digital model railway with MQTT connection to Rocrail.

ESP32MQTTRocrailOptocoupler+2
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