Make Your Ordinary Washing Machine Smart using Python #piday #raspberrypi

Make Your Ordinary Washing Machine Smart using Python #piday #raspberrypi

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Follow along as Ben’s Electrical Escapades codes up a project for a smart washing machine. With the help of some sensors and a Rasperry Pi his ‘dumb’ washing machine will now send notifications and more.

Want to add a touch of automation to your home?
Join me as I show you how to turn receive notifications from your dumb washing machine when it has completed.
Using zigbee vibration sensors and door sensors, I write a Python script that receives messages through MQTT using Zigbee2Mqtt to determine when the washing machine has run and when it has been emptied.
Let’s get coding!

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