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  • Building a new heating monitor using Matter and ESP32

    Nov 27, 2025

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    ESP32, Matter, thread
    Building a new heating monitor using Matter and ESP32
  • Controlling a real Matter Smart Bulb with a Raspberry Pi.

    In this post I show how to pair the Matter chip-tool with a real, commercial Smart Bulb Read ⇢

    Controlling a real Matter Smart Bulb with a Raspberry Pi.
  • Adding Dimming to the Matter Light Switch – pt1

    In this post I dive into the Matter Dimmer Switch and try to add support to the example Light Switch! Read ⇢

    Adding Dimming to the Matter Light Switch – pt1
  • The ESP-Matter Light Switch Example and iOS

    In this post, I’m going to see how the ESP Matter Light Switch example works, or doesn’t work, with iOS. By the end of this post, I hope to have demonstrated the Matter Light Switch. I’ll be using Matter-over-Thread and Matter-over-WiFi. I will use an ESP32-H2 for the Thread device… Read ⇢

    The ESP-Matter Light Switch Example and iOS
  • 3rd Revision of my PCB and still a lot to learn!

    I received the 3rd revision of my Zigbee PCBs from Aisler today and unfortunately, there are still small issues. Revision 3 of the these boards saw me switch from SMD to through-hole. Working with surface mounted components seemed like a great idea, but without the proper tools, I wasn’t equipped… Read ⇢

    3rd Revision of my PCB and still a lot to learn!
  • Shelly “Detached Mode” Failsafe

    In my latest YouTube video, I take a look at my Shelly 1 Failsafe. You can find all the details here https://github.com/tomasmcguinness/shelly-detached-mode-python-ha-watchdog Read ⇢

    Shelly “Detached Mode” Failsafe
  • The Matter chip-tool doesn’t work on Windows so I use a Raspberry Pi instead!

    I wanted to be able to run the Matter chip-tool on Windows. Mostly so I could learn about commissioning and binding. As I was starting to tinker with Matter devices like Light Switches, I needed the chip-tool. This is because some devices need “binding”, which I can’t do in Home… Read ⇢

    The Matter chip-tool doesn’t work on Windows so I use a Raspberry Pi instead!
  • Further attempts at decoding an FSK signal

    Back to my SDR again. I pick up from where I left off. After moving my antenna around and listening to pilots landing at Birmingham, I decided to give my signal another go. I went back to SDR++ and immediately noticed something very strange! The same pulse, every second, was… Read ⇢

    Further attempts at decoding an FSK signal
  • Sending and decoding a 433MHz signal with an ESP32, a CC1101 and Universal Radio Hacker

    In this blog post, I write about how my attempts to send and decode a binary message over 433MHz Read ⇢

    Sending and decoding a 433MHz signal with an ESP32, a CC1101 and Universal Radio Hacker
  • My nRF52840 logging rig is up and running!

    In a previous post, I wrote about issues with my Zigbee code, which caused my device to become unresponsive. To aid my investigation, I figured out how to use a Raspberry Pi to capture the logs. As the issue with code takes a few days to show up, I needed… Read ⇢

    My nRF52840 logging rig is up and running!
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