Last week, I got an Ikea Vindriktning PM2.5 particle sensor, which I connected to HomeAssistant. I noticed a huge increase in PM2.5 this morning, after running an ultrasonic humidifier last night (a room away from the sensor). I had no idea those things put out show much white dust... but we have hard water here.
#Humidifier #HardWater #Vindriktning #WhiteDust #HomeAssistant
If you're willing to do a tiny bit of soldering, you can add an ESP8266 or #esp32 to an Ikea #vindriktning
There are several howtos online, here's mine: https://unixorn.github.io/post/add-smarts-to-ikea-vindriktning-air-sensors/
It's an easy mod, you only need to connect three wires between the ESP and the Vindriktning motherboard. I hadn't soldered anything in 15 years and I did it in about 10 minutes - part of why it took that long was me taking pictures for the blog post.
We’re doing a kitchen & bathrooms renovation, and the construction is generating a lot of dust, to the point that I was changing the HVAC filter twice a week. I wanted to see just how much garbage is in the air, so I started looking around for air quality sensors. Naturally I wanted one that I could integrate into my Home Assistant so I could generate notifications if the air was extra filthy.
Ich habe jetzt dem dummen Ikea #VINDRIKTNING Feinstaub-Sensor beigebracht #MQTT zu sprechen. Damit bin ich jetzt in der Lage, die Werte aufzuzeichnen.
Sören Beye hat vor einer Weile auf GitHub eine Bauanleitung veröffentlicht, welche zeigt, wie man einen kleinen 5 Euro-#ESP8266 an die Ikea-Platine löten kann. Die passende Software hat er auch gleich dazu gepackt, sodass man die Kiste innerhalb weniger Minuten umbauen kann. Der beschriebene Lüfter-Mod war dann noch fast das beste, denn jetzt nervt das Geräusch nicht mehr.
Kosten: Ikea-Sensor 12,99 EUR, ESP8266-Board 5 EUR, Lebenszeit ca. 20 Minuten.
Das GitHub-Repository: https://github.com/Hypfer/esp8266-vindriktning-particle-sensor
@nikdoof @homeassistant
I have a couple I modded with #Tasmota on, and since I had one in my parts bin, one has a BME688 I put in while I had the #vindriktning opened up.
I wrote it up at https://unixorn.github.io/post/add-smarts-to-ikea-vindriktning-air-sensors/ but the hardest part was not stripping the screws in the plastic case.
Works great with #HomeAssistant and the tasmota integration.
I like the display on the vindstryka but I don't need another air sensor. Using them to house and power an ESP32 with #ESPresence is appealing though.
We’re doing a kitchen & bathrooms renovation, and the construction is generating a lot of dust, to the point that I was changing the HVAC filter twice a week. I wanted to see just how much garbage is in the air, so I started looking around for air quality sensors. Naturally I wanted one that I could integrate into my Home Assistant so I could generate notifications if the air was extra filthy.
Just done the #ikeaHack #VINDRIKTNING with an esp8266 and #espHome and now it shows in my #homeAssistant
But I also added a #SCD41 co2, temperature, and humidity sensor.
They're kinda expensive but they are actually sensing co2 not just estimating it based on other readings. At least I hope so for the cost.
Will do a blog on it another day, not that this hack needs even more blogs!
Salvaging tiny wires (not just cells) from vapes is worth it for little jobs like this!
Here it is under test
In das Vorgängermodell #Vindriktning von #Ikea kann man sich selbst einen CO2-Sensor reinlöten, genug Platz ist im Gehäuse.
Beschreibung zum Beispiel hier https://arnowelzel.de/ikea-vindriktning-mit-tasmota-und-scd30#comment-1861
Die Leute, die #HomeAssistant und #Tasmota nutzen sind eine sehr aktive Community, die mit viel #OpenSource Spirit an die Sache rangehen.
https://tasmota.github.io/docs/
https://www.home-assistant.io/