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Key Principles File Structure “File Structure” refers to where you store your submission files such as credit PDFs reports etc. It is independent to “Database Structure”. Every project has the following structure which is created …
The rise and run of a stairway makes it comfortable (or not). This reference is good but in imperial, this is good too but for the UK . Australian NCC requirements must be checked. Note …
Air Sealing Testing Introduction and Rationale "Build tight and ventilate right" is the mantra for passive houses in cold climates, such as "Passivhaus". The idea is to heavily reduce air entering the building through cracks, …
Tips: Concreting the Stumps Boral truck was very late, then charged a wait fee (!). Won't use Boral again. Pumping (minipump) was well worth it. $500 with 2 guys did 8 cubes ( 8 x …
Daylight Modelling to Inform the Design Target A DF of 10% will always stop people turning on lights A DF of 3% is deemed "adequate" Target: 5% to most of the floor. But: minimise glare, …
Guest Feedback My husband and I and two daughters had a wonderful stay in Herston. The house itself is amazing - carefully designed with incredibly ingenious features to make it compact yet spacious. It is …
This inverter has a WiFi connection and opens ports 80 (password protected) and 502 (modbus). It's possible to read the modbus registers. There's a handy script that's done all the hard work. This can import …
This works for Grafana v5. Grafana v6 has removed this functionality for security reasons. This explains how I implemented a previously outlined solution , in a step-by-step fashion. I initially struggled to get this running. …
I've previously used EmonCMS to log power and energy data from a IotaWatt / EmonTx system. This works well, but I've been looking for a flexible and fast alternative. The combination of IotaWatt, InfluxDB and …
This post is a collection of tips, in no particular order. It follows on from Iotawatt, InfluxDB and Grafana Setup which is a step-by-step. Do that first, then tweak with these. Snippets for Influx # …
I've recently finished a self-build of a small (90m²) house in Brisbane. It's been "running" for 2 years now. It's in Brisbane. TL:DR > See the article in Santuary Magazine (PDF) ... or view the …
Software Library and Pins for LoRa V2.1_1.6 Site from seller (copied below) shows: Lora, operating on SPI: 26 = DI0/IO0 23 = IRQ/RESET 18 = NSS/SEL (Slave select?) 5 = SCK (clock?) 27 = MOSI …