I built my first automated irrigation rig after returning from a five-day road trip to find my prized fiddle-leaf fig completely desiccated. Off-the-shelf timers failed to account for changing indoor humidity, and cheap store-bought soil probes rotted within weeks.  Building a diy smart plant watering system using esp32 solved this problem permanently. By pairing an […]

A washer that tells you when it finishes is useful. A washer that announces “done” during every pause needs better logic. My approach to home automation projects with raspberry pi and home assistant starts with everyday problems: missed laundry, scattered controls, noisy camera alerts, and hidden maintenance tasks. These four builds address those problems while […]

Most commercial acrylic robot chassis kits snap after a single high-speed wall collision. When you learn how to 3d print a robot chassis with arduino, you gain full control over structural rigidity, component placement, and custom sensor brackets.  I abandoned brittle off-the-shelf plastic plates three years ago in favour of custom-printed frames. A home 3D […]