Domoticz on 30 Euro hardware - All in (for KaKu/Coco)
Posted: Wednesday 02 August 2017 15:12
In the following posts I will describe how I created a working Domoticz on 30 Euro hardware, including 433 Mhz KaKu (Klik Aan Klik Uit) / CoCo (Click On Click Off) functionality.
The reason I came to this project is that in some 'corners' of my house the reception of 433 Mhz signals was bad. I already have two RfxTrx433's, but still some switches and lights were unreliable. So I was looking for a cheap alternative to create Domoticz 'satellites' that would fill in the gaps.
Domoticz runs on a Raspberri Pi Zero W (= Wifi) (11 Euro) with a micro SD-card (8 Euro). The communication is looked after by an Arduino Nano clone (3 Euro). The receiver is a RXB6 433 Mhz RF receiver (2,50 Euro). That is not a cheap one from a kit you see everywhere for a few Euro. The transmitters from those kits a quite fine. Otherwise you could use a HopeRF RFM85W transmitter (2,50 Euro). Since the Raspberry Pi works with 3,3 volt logic and the Arduino with 5 volt logic, they are connected through a level converter (1,50 Euro).
You can build it on a breadboard (3 Euro) or solder it on a development print-board (0,65 Euro). You will also need some connectors, wires, leds, resistors and capacitors, but all in all you can build it for about 30 Euro's.
This is what you make (breadboard):
Or compact on a development print-board:
The reason I came to this project is that in some 'corners' of my house the reception of 433 Mhz signals was bad. I already have two RfxTrx433's, but still some switches and lights were unreliable. So I was looking for a cheap alternative to create Domoticz 'satellites' that would fill in the gaps.
Domoticz runs on a Raspberri Pi Zero W (= Wifi) (11 Euro) with a micro SD-card (8 Euro). The communication is looked after by an Arduino Nano clone (3 Euro). The receiver is a RXB6 433 Mhz RF receiver (2,50 Euro). That is not a cheap one from a kit you see everywhere for a few Euro. The transmitters from those kits a quite fine. Otherwise you could use a HopeRF RFM85W transmitter (2,50 Euro). Since the Raspberry Pi works with 3,3 volt logic and the Arduino with 5 volt logic, they are connected through a level converter (1,50 Euro).
You can build it on a breadboard (3 Euro) or solder it on a development print-board (0,65 Euro). You will also need some connectors, wires, leds, resistors and capacitors, but all in all you can build it for about 30 Euro's.
This is what you make (breadboard):
Or compact on a development print-board: