I am working on sensors for my Home Automation system.
The system itself is running on Domoticz and for these sensors I have created a Database / Web-interface so the sensors can easily log the data.
Features from these sensors:
Humidity / Temperature / Light level / Battery Level / Window Status (Open / Close) / RSSI for Wifi.
They can retrieve Over The Air Updates and are based on the ESP8266 Wifi Chip.
Some issues I have crossed along the way are:
Battery drain –> Trying to solve by using Attiny85 to shut down ESP between runs.
Fried ESP8266 on Breadboard (10 in a row or so) –> Possibly caused by the PCB I used to connect the Wifi to my Breadboard.
If you ask what the end-goal is: Have my windows Blinds work smart depending on weather conditions and in-house conditions.
