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Monitoring download speed of a network interface on Raspbian

Monitoring download speed of a network interface on Raspbian

by András Zsitko | Apr 9, 2017 | Linux

I needed to check the download speed on of an interface on my Raspberry Pi, so I have used a tool called speedometer to do so.

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Xiaomi MiFlora plant sensor in Pimatic

Xiaomi MiFlora plant sensor in Pimatic

by András Zsitko | Dec 8, 2016 | Linux, Raspberry Pi

Xiaomi MiFlora is a cost-effective plant sensor, which uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to communicate wirelessly, and is capable of sensing temperature, soil humidity, light, soil fertility and it’s own battery level.

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Logging download speed of transmission-daemon

Logging download speed of transmission-daemon

by András Zsitko | Oct 9, 2016 | Linux

This one-liner checks the current sum of download speed of all torrents currently running in transmission-daemon. You can also direct the output to a file, to have a logfile of it.

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Setting up WiFi using an RTL8188eu dongle on Raspberry Pi Zero

Setting up WiFi using an RTL8188eu dongle on Raspberry Pi Zero

by András Zsitko | Sep 24, 2016 | Linux, Raspberry Pi

The RTL8188eu WiFi chip is not supported in Raspbian Lite out of the box, so we need a few things to make it work, but I’ll show you how. (more…)

Kindle 4 Ad blocking

Kindle 4 Ad blocking

by András Zsitko | Jun 19, 2016 | Linux

I got an ad-supported version Kindle 4 as a gift, but the ads bothered me, so I’ll show how to remove them.

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Temperature/humidity sensor DHT22 (AM2302) using AdafruitDHT

Temperature/humidity sensor DHT22 (AM2302) using AdafruitDHT

by András Zsitko | Jun 8, 2016 | Linux, Raspberry Pi

Home automation projects often there is a need to measure the temperature and humidity of the air. This can be done with e.g. the DHT11 or the more advanced DHT22 sensors.

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HI, I’M ANDRÁS!

I’m a Site Relibility Engineer, with passion for Automation & DevOps. I’m also a smarthome enthusiast, and on this blog I publish bits and pieces of my projects.

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