I am kbx, also known as Keith or kb. I reside in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love nearly all things technology-related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By day I am a hardware and software engineer at Nabu Casa<\/a>. While my formal education, background and career focus has been largely on network infrastructure, I was fortunate enough to come across the opportunity to join the team there — home automation is an area of deep personal interest and it’s been quite the perfect fit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Home Assistant<\/a> is the “brain” of everything I’ve automated in my home; I primarily use ESPHome<\/a> and\/or Insteon<\/a> for control of most electrical things. While these platforms cover most of the bases, I also use ZigBee to fill some gaps. My Home Assistant instance is enabled as a HomeKit<\/a> bridge so that I may also use it with my Apple devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I’m not writing code or designing hardware, I dabble in 3-D printing<\/a> and design. I used to do professional lighting<\/a>, primarily at Double Door<\/a>, a venue here in Chicago, before it shut down in early 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While I enjoyed the time I spent at Double Door immensely, its closure left a gap that I have since filled with a rekindled interested in DIY electronics. I have since designed and built a few nifty devices, such as a binary clock<\/a>, a nixie clock<\/a>, an IR MegaBlaster<\/a> and also a few not-yet-published-but-useful electronic trinkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boldport Club<\/a> is largely responsible for reigniting my interest in electronics. Since joining, I’ve received and built nearly all of the kits. A few of the other club members piqued my interest in 3-D printing which led me to purchase a 3-D printer<\/a> in early 2018, adding another hobby to the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I’m not working, designing, building or 3-D printing something, I’m probably watching something on one of the many wonderful streaming platforms we have available today. I have a friendly, cuddly pet lovebird who I love dearly and who makes me smile every single day. Nice weather sometimes motivates me to go outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am kbx, also known as Keith or kb. I reside in Chicago, Illinois. I love nearly all things technology-related. By day I am a hardware and software engineer at Nabu Casa. While my formal education, background and career focus has been largely on network infrastructure, I was fortunate enough to come across the opportunity …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbx81.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbx81.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbx81.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbx81.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbx81.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbx81.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbx81.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbx81.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}