Control a smart outlet using bluetooth?

[dynamicdave]

Another option is to use a SMART Switch flashed with Tasmota so you can control it via MQTT.
Here's an example of the switch for the UK market. Variants for other countries are available.

I recently posted a detailed tutorial on 'Share Your Projects' you might find useful.

https://teamwork-int.com/share_my_projects/

Orange (or Raspberry) Pi Controller

This tutorial documents the steps to build a controller that will boot-up / shut-down an Orange Pi or Raspberry Pi in a graceful way so as to minimise the risk of losing data or corrupting files. I recently purchased an Orange Pi 5 Pro with a 64GB eMMC and a 512GB NVMe SSD, then installed OpenMediaVault (OMV) on it to serve as a small Network-Attached Storage (NAS) device on my home network. Although OMV provides a web-based user interface for managing the NAS and shutting it down in a controll…