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Building for the Joy of It

Welcome to the iotNGR sandbox. No deadlines, just experiments in Smart Home, AI, Renewable Energy, and everything IoT.

See What's Brewing

What is iotNGR?

iotNGR is my personal playground—a home-office lab where I bridge the gap between "I wonder if..." and "It actually works!". From harnessing the sun and training local AI models to building custom sensor networks, it's all about the joy of building.

No corporate buzzwords here. Just pure engineering, a bit of trial and error, and the occasional "eureka!" moment when a solar panel (or a neural net) finally behaves.

IoT Tinkering

Current Experiments

Smart Home Tinkering
My house is a lab. I'm constantly automating things, breaking them, and rebuilding them for the ultimate (and sometimes slightly over-engineered) smart experience.
AI & Neural Networks
Playing with LLMs, local models, and computer vision. Because why do it yourself when an over-confident AI can do it (mostly) right?
Solar & Energy Lab
Harnessing the sun to power my over-engineered gadgets. Currently seeing if I can run a server on a single solar panel (spoiler: only if it's high noon).
Weekend Coding
Building side projects and open-source tools. If it's interesting, I'll try to code it—usually while learning a new framework in the process.
Sensors & Gadgets
Connecting real-world data to the cloud. Usually involves a lot of wires, custom PCBs, and a bit of magic (or just reliable firmware).

Gallery of Failed Experiments

Because if you aren't breaking things, you aren't learning. Here are some of my most glorious "learning opportunities."


The Exploding Breadboard
Turns out 12V and 3.3V rails shouldn't touch. A brief flash of light, a puff of smoke, and a valuable lesson in circuit isolation.
The Hallucinating Assistant
Asked the AI to manage my schedule; it decided I needed 4 hours of 'existential dread' every Tuesday and ordered 50 lbs of glitter.
The 'Magic Smoke' Inverter
Attempted to wire a DIY battery backup. Turns out polarity matters—A LOT. I now have a very heavy, very silent paperweight.
The Infinite Loop
A recursive function that forgot its exit condition. My CPU fans sounded like a jet engine for a good 10 minutes.
The Smart Lock (Out)
The "Automatic Door Lock" experiment worked perfectly... while I was outside without my phone. 10/10 for security, 0/10 for convenience.

Current Parts Bin

What's currently on the desk or hiding in drawers. The ingredients for the next "Eureaka!" moment.

ESP32-WROOM x5
Half-trained Neural Nets
Cracked Solar Cells
Overheated Inverter
Jumper Wire Tangle
Local LLM (Unoptimized)
12V Deep Cycle Battery
Infinite Coffee Grounds
LiPo Batteries

Let's Talk Tech!

Whether you're a fellow tinkerer, a dev, or just curious about what I'm building next, feel free to drop me an email.



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