Focused on beginner-to-immediate skill levels. Most projects support local control and home automation (primarily Home Assistant) integration.

As a "one-man shop", I do this as a hobby and for fun (yeah.. I really do like writing code!). But this does introduce some limitations:

• I do my best to address known bugs or issues as quickly as possible. But some issues may take me a while to address based on current workload and other responsibilities.

• Some projects are based on very specific hardware (noted in the repo or related blog) and I just don't have the bandwidth to maintain multiple versions of a project. Please feel free to fork or clone a repository if you wish to develop for particular hardware, but I generally don't accept PRs that just replace hardware components.

• As I'm still learning, newer projects are much more robust with better onboarding and web applications than some of my older, more original projects. I'm slowly working on updating some of these older projects, but it is a big time committment. Please be patient with older projects that require you to manually edit a config or credential file and then compile your own version. These are the projects I'm focusing on updating first to avoid the need to compile your own version.

Most projects have both a related blog article and YouTube video. Links for these, if they exist, will be listed in the main README of a repo. But here are the general links:

These are my favorite and most popular repos and are primarily ESP32 or ESP8266 based.

Ultimate Bedside Lamp Ultimate bedside clock/lamp, ESP32-based with optional MQTT/Home Assistant integration. Fully configurable and no cloud required!	ESP Parking Assistant Simple WS2812b Garage Parking Assistant, now with lateral guidance and ESP32 support.	Dual Controller Matrix An ESP32 and WS2812b Matrix with clock, scoreboard, text display and more, with an optional auto-switching second controller for full WLED.	Analog LED Clock Features a port expander to control over 75 digital components from just two pins on the ESP32!
Standalone LED Controller (ESP32) ** Coming Soon ** An ESP32-based LED controller that supports multiple sensors and types. No hubs or cloud needed. Optionally supports MQTT/Home Assistant Discovery.	Arylic Amp MQTT Adds MQTT and other features to the DIY Up2Stream Arylic Amp board.	Magnetic WLED Letters 3D Printed magnetic LED letters and number. Uses a single WLED controller and allows letters to be rearranged with no rewiring!	Animatronic Props Animatronic Halloween props with rotating head, color-controllable LED eyes and mp3 audio using an ESP8266

These projects use an assortment of controllers, including the Raspberry PI or ESP32/8266.

Virtual Window Uses a Raspberry Pi to turn a TV into a virtual window. Stream from your own camera, any online camera source or even loop your own video.	RC Car Timing System A timing system originally developed for a middle school STEM project, it can be adapted for other timing needs.	3D Printed Clock A 7-segment, ESP8266-based 3D printed display. Besides time, can also serve as a scoreboard or countdown timer.	FM Receiver with MQTT Adds wrapper functions, including WiFi, MQTT and OTA updates to the Arduino RADIO library.
TM1638 MQTT Adds MQTT, OTA updates and more to the TM1638 display. Includes Home Assistant and ESPHome examples.	Retro Arcade Design and other supporting files for my coin-operated Retro Arcade build. Does NOT contain any ROM files!

These projects require Home Assistant and generally provide examples, YAML configurations or other supporting files.

Automated Stair Lights Uses Home Assistant and ESPHome, along with two motion or other sensor-based triggers to control WS2812b LED strips.

Washer & Dryer Notifications Home Assistant and ESPHome examples for one method of adding voice notifications.

YouTube Stats Import stats from a YouTube channel. Can use API or MQTT or adapt to import data from other APIs.

These projects have been superseded by one of the above versions or have been replaced by alternate/better methods. They are no longer being actively developed, but are provided here as reference.

LED Matrix Clock Original ESP8266 version. Replaced by: Dual Controller Matrix

Pi Parking Assistant Old Raspberry Pi version. Replaced by: ESP Parking Assistant

LED Controller (ESP8266) Original ESP8266 version. Replaced by: Standalone LED Controller (ESP32)

Tailwind2MQTT Integration via MQTT. Replaced by: Native HA Integration