How SOLAR makes all the difference RIDING ELECTRIC (cars)
I think I should start using chat GPT or other generative AI to create blog titles, it’ll likely do better than me. But that’s not what this article is about. I’ve made...
Running Kotlin Applications on a headless Raspberry Pi and other embedded systems
Kotlin is way more than just an Android programming language. And to show you I’ll explain how you can run Kotlin Applications on a headless Raspberry Pi. Preparing a Raspberry Pi I...
This is what my Energica electric motorcycle consumes in electricity every month for my ~50 km commute (=200 km a week)
Since I’ve added my Energica to my home assistant setup at home I got great insight in some of the numbers. One of them is the amount of energy that goes into...
HOME ASSISTANT and automation with AQARA WXKG11LM wireless buttons or IKEA TRADFRI switches & SONOFF Zigbee USB dongle
These Aqara wifi buttons can be found for around 10 EUR each on amazon from time to time. Ikea TRADFRI switches are even cheaper and also supported as long as you don’t...
Updating MEROSS garage door opener to work locally only skipping cloud using my own HOME ASSISTANT MQTT broker
So after failing to use a simple Shelly 1 (v3) for my garage door automation I finally opted for a Meross smart device that is designed to do just that. At 30...
HEADLESS SETUP on my ENERGICA SS9 Electric Motorcycle to push OBDII data to HOME ASSISTANT
One of the things I still had to fix on my Home Assistant setup monitoring my Energica electric motorcycle was to replace that Android phone with some headless device that could remain...
How I’m pushing data from my Energica electric motorcycle to my Home Assistant installation
First a quick disclaimer, I’m literally writing this 3 days after the installation of my Home Assistant setup so I have little experience with that. Therefor many of the configuration details could...
Regenhuif voor Lovens Explorer bakfiets in gebruik genomen, en we gebruiken die niet eens in de regen
Misschien moet ik deze rubriek toch maar anders noemen zodat ik ook nog altijd over fietsen kan schrijven hier. Ik heb net een update gedeeld op m’n YouTube kanaal van de regenhuif...
Did my Energica battery degrade in 2 years and 25.000 km and if so by how much?
When I bought the bike new in may 2021 it had a usable capacity of 17.400 Wh when charged in ideal conditions. That is a full balanced charge with a battery temperature...
Status aandrijf accu Mercedes EQV na eerste 50.000 km en anderhalf jaar
Ik ben zelf heel benieuwd of er meetbare degradatie is van de accu en dus het bereik wat je kunt verwachten bij een volle lading naargelang de accu op leeftijd komt. Ik...