https://farad.space/tags/hardware/Recent content in Hardware on Nate's BlogHugoen-usTue, 08 Dec 2020 21:32:54 -0800https://farad.space/posts/homekit_accesory/Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:32:54 -0800https://farad.space/posts/homekit_accesory/<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>Over the past 8 weeks, I built a HomeKit accessory to open and close the gate at the end of my driveway. The project was really fun, and this document outlines the process of creating it, from concept to working prototype.</p> <h3 id="additional-background">Additional Background</h3> <p>Programming examples for microcontrollers will be in C++. For the most part, we’ll be sticking essentially to “C with Classes”, which is typical of most Arduino and other microcontroller projects.</p>