/ Recent content on Neil Hanlon Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:01:25 -0400 /posts/smarthome-soldering-iron-pinecil-homeassistant-esphome/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:01:25 -0400 /posts/smarthome-soldering-iron-pinecil-homeassistant-esphome/ About a year ago, wesdottoday told me to buy a Pinecil and, once they came back in stock before the holidays.. I did just that… Fast forward a couple months and I’ve got a copr for flashing the Pinecil’s firmware (IronOS), and am spending my weekends playing around with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Home Assistant to automatically turn on my fan when I start tinkering at my desk, lest my lungs die from the fumes.