Petrica Martinescu - Engineer, Solution Architect

Smartpixy: Wireless Framework for Home Automation Using Arduino

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:12:48 +0200

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The purpose of this post is to try and document a proposal for a home automation implementation for different sensors and components using Arduino framework and hardware components that are easily available in the Arduino ecosystem.

The main driver was to steer away from having to install a WiFi chip on each and every sensor or component. The reasons for this are as follows:

Mac Butterfly Keyboard Double Key Press

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:49:27 +0300

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If you have a mac with a butterfly keyboard, you most probably already know and have experience the most common issue that comes with it: doubling of the pressed keys.

Searching the web for this issues will yield all sort of results that will most likely point to a “dust” problem that accompanies these keyboards. While this might be a legitimate reason, this was not necessary the case for me.