#homehacks — Public Fediverse posts

Bridging Older Tasmota Hardware Into Apple Home

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/bridging-older-tasmota-hardware-into-apple-home/

A Smarter DIY Air Filter

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/21/a-smarter-diy-air-filter/

Humane Mousetrap Lets You Know It’s Caught Something https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/humane-mousetrap-lets-you-know-its-caught-something/ #RaspberryPiPicoW #homehacks #mousetrap #mouse

Freezer Monitoring: Because Ice Cream Is a Dish Best Served Cold https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/freezer-monitoring-because-ice-cream-is-a-dish-best-served-cold/ #RaspberryPiZero2W #prometheus #homehacks #DS18B20 #grafana

Freezer Monitoring: Because Ice Cream Is a Dish Best Served Cold - [Scott Baker] wrote in to let us know about his freezer monitor.
After a regrettab... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/freezer-monitoring-because-ice-cream-is-a-dish-best-served-cold/ #raspberrypizero2w #prometheus #homehacks #ds18b20 #grafana

Preserve your Plants with an Automated Terrarium - For those of us who aren’t blessed with a green thumb and who are perhaps a bit f... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/preserve-your-plants-with-an-automated-terrarium/ #ultrasonicatomizer #automation #homehacks #terrarium #esp32-c3 #plants

Preserve your Plants with an Automated Terrarium https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/preserve-your-plants-with-an-automated-terrarium/ #ultrasonicatomizer #automation #homehacks #terrarium #esp32-C3 #plants

Making Sure the Basement Stays Dry with an ESP8266 - The hack we have for you today is among our most favorite types of hack: a good, h... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/17/making-sure-the-basement-stays-dry-with-an-esp8266/ #microcontrollers #floodingmonitor #humiditymonitor #arduinoide #homehacks #hardware #esp8266 #bmp280 #aht20

Making Sure the Basement Stays Dry with an ESP8266 https://hackaday.com/2025/05/17/making-sure-the-basement-stays-dry-with-an-esp8266/ #Microcontrollers #floodingmonitor #humiditymonitor #ArduinoIDE #homehacks #hardware #ESP8266 #BMP280 #AHT20

The Automatic Battery Charger You Never Knew You Needed https://hackaday.com/2024/12/02/the-automatic-battery-charger-you-never-knew-you-needed/ #batterycharger #homehacks #rp2040 #nimh

The Automatic Battery Charger You Never Knew You Needed - When we saw [Max.K]’s automatic NiMh battery charger float past in the Hackaday ti... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/02/the-automatic-battery-charger-you-never-knew-you-needed/ #batterycharger #homehacks #rp2040 #nimh

Clever Circuit Makes Exercise Slightly Less Boring https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/clever-circuit-makes-exercise-slightly-less-boring/ #retroreflector #bounceless #homehacks #MiscHacks #counter #stairs

Clever Circuit Makes Exercise Slightly Less Boring - We say this with the greatest respect, but [Joel] — your exercise routine is horri... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/06/clever-circuit-makes-exercise-slightly-less-boring/ #retroreflector #bounceless #homehacks #mischacks #counter #stairs

Making Wooden Shingles with Hand Tools - While they have mostly been replaced with other roofing technologies, wooden shing... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/making-wooden-shingles-with-hand-tools/ #retrotechtacular #woodworking #homehacks #toolhacks #roofing #shingle #shake #froe #wood #axe

Brick-Laying Machine Builds Without Mortar - Move over, 3D printed houses. There’s a new game in town, and it is able to use st... - https://hackaday.com/2023/10/28/brick-laying-machine-builds-without-mortar/ #concreteblocks #pickandplace #robotshacks #bricklaying #homehacks #housing #robot

Cheap Kitchen Scale Learns to Speak JSON With ESP32 - Smart kitchen appliances are expensive, and more often than not, your usage data g... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/02/cheap-kitchen-scale-learns-to-speak-json-with-esp32/ #microcontrollers #smartappliances #kitchenscale #homehacks #loadcell #esp32 #iot

Converting a Sink to an Ultrasonic Cleaner - While ultrasonic cleaning might sound a bit like the “sonic shower” from Star Trek... - https://hackaday.com/2023/01/30/converting-a-sink-to-an-ultrasonic-cleaner/ #driverboard #transducer #ultrasonic #homehacks #cleaner #audio #wash

Cool Off with a Piezo and a Glass of Water - Some cool-mist humidifiers work by flinging water at a vaporizer, but our favorite kind uses a pie... - https://hackaday.com/2020/08/21/cool-off-with-a-piezo-and-a-glass-of-water/ #atomizingtransducer #ultrasonicatomizer #humidifier #transducer #homehacks #piezodisk #coolmist #science #mosfet #piezo