{"id":207,"date":"2017-06-20T21:02:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T21:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2017-09-08T02:37:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T02:37:38","slug":"doorbell-finishing-touches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/mqtt-integrated-doorbell\/doorbell-finishing-touches\/","title":{"rendered":"Doorbell – Finishing Touches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone once told me “First make it work, then make it pretty.” It works so now we’ve gotta make it look better! I wanted everything to fit within the 2-gang electrical box in the wall so I decided that the NodeMCU wasn’t going to work since it’s too big. I ended up getting a Wemos D1 mini, a relay shield, and a prototype shield. These stack on top of one another and don’t take up much space at all.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"You can see how small the whole stack is. I printed a\u00a0small enclosure that will allow the wires through. Since it’s living in the wall it’s not really important that it be fully enclosed; just enough that it can’t accidentally short out.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a comparison shot of the Wemos vs the NodeMCU<\/p>\n

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I also needed a small enclosure for the buck converter to protect it from shorts inside the electrical box.
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Then It was time to put it in the wall making sure that everything fit and there were no possibilities for shorts.
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I ran out of hookup wire so I wasn’t able to wire the protoboard or install it yet. I’ll update this page when the project is done.<\/p>\n

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