Custom Controller for Ventomaxx Home Ventilation System and Home-Assistant Integration

A dumb wall controller was replaced with a custom ESPHome controller to gain full Home Assistant control, per‑room fan control, and automations for quieter nights and smarter operation. The system keeps the original alternating 70‑second pendulum cycle used by decentralized heat‑recovery fans.

2025-09-07 · Tom Beyer

Wallmounted Home Assistant Dashboard

I have long wanted to have tablets on the wall of the ground floor and upper floor where I can control Home Assistant. In the last Black Friday Sale I bought two relatively cheap 10 inch Fire Tablets from Amazon for 99€ each. The only difficulty was to supply the tablets with electricity. But then I came up with a very practical solution. Qi Charging Pad I bought a Qi Micro USB Ladepad at Amazon (Afiliate Link): ...

2018-12-29 · Tom Beyer

Converting the cheap Anet A8 3D Printer to a DIY AM8 Aluminium Printer

Initial build of the Anet A8 upgrade I started to upgrade my Anet A8 to proper aluminium extrusions. Iam using the fantastic project called AM8. I started with my intial build: Finalizing the mechanical part This weekend in finished the mechanical part of the upgrade of my Anet A8 to to the aluminium AM8. Next step is finishing the electrical installation and setting up the firmware. ...

2017-06-24 · Tom Beyer

VORON 1.5: Building my DIY 3D Printer

The build begins & tapping aluminium extrusions I ordered the wrong size self-tapping screws (M5 instead of M6), so i had to tap the aluminium extrusions manually. I changed my BOM so nobody else has the problem. Installing frame & motors + first problem Today I finally installed the frames and mounted the motors. Also wanted to mount the A&B idlers but unfortuneately the steel dowels have an diameter of 5mm and the inner diameter of the flanged bearings have an inner diameter of 4,96mm. ...

2017-02-15 · Tom Beyer

DIY Lab Power Supply – DPS5015 – 360W

Self made Power Supply, based on a DPS5015 module from AliExpress.

2016-11-20 · Tom Beyer

Rancilio Silive PID upgrade

When i got 2015 my new espresso machine I had quite some problems with the fluctuating temperature of the boiler. So I decided to replace the bimetal thermostat with a PID controller. I installed the controller in an external plastic box, so I didnt had to cut any holes in the machine (just in case I want to sell the machine). Second modification was adding a cheap LED lightsource. Pictures Dismanteled 1 ...

2015-07-18 · Tom Beyer

DIY Lautsprecher Selbstbau Visaton Atlas 200 Light

Mit meinem Grossvater zusammen hab ich die Visaton Atlas 200 Light nachgebaut. Vielen Dank an Volker & mr_head für dir Erstellung des Bauplans und der Weiche. Bilder im Bau Weiche Bilder fertiger Lautsprecher

2007-06-01 · Tom Beyer