Category: IoT
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The state of my Home Assistant in 2024
The state of my Home Assistant in 2024 My #homeautomation journey started 4 yrs ago (2020) when I bought 1 Aqara #zigbee hub, 1 room temp. sensor and 1 smart socket (for controling the heating of the office). I started with Aqara app. with 1 automation: If office temp < 21 turn on the pump,…
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Home Assistant gauge card – manually defined colours
Home Assistant gauge card – manually defined colours This post fits to #TIL (Today I learned) category. The ‘normal’ way to define colours in a ‘gauge’ card is by defining severity from UI gauge settings. There are only 4 colours available in a sequence: blue, green, yellow, red: Standard colours are defined using UI by…
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Make Glances run automatically after Raspberry Pi reboot
Run Glances at RBPI startup If you’re reading this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. In my previous post, I struggled to run glances on my Raspberry Pi Zero W. After a first reboot I stared to my Home…
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Monitoring RBPi with Glances & Home Assistant in 2024
Monitoring RBPi with Glances & Home Assistant in 2024 If you’re reading this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. Few years ago (2019?) it was like: And voila, I could monitor CPU, disk etc. of my Raspberry remotely via…
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Waking up the screen of FireHD tablet using YAKK app
If you read this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. I replaced my current setup of waking up the #FireHD (#HomeAssistant dashboard). A while ago I complained about issues related to waking up the FireHD tablet screen when I…
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E-ink info screen at the front door
So I built a small E-ink (ESP32) info screen for the front door. Link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. The problem: When leaving the house, it’s nice to see some information displayed at the door, like temperatures, weather and messages for the kids etc. Actually, there is no…
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Yet Another ESP32 Webcam
Link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. The problem: I used an old phone with an Android IP Webcam app to check my driveway, but it stopped working after 3 days. Then I had to reset it – this means going up the ladder every single time. I couldn’t…
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Bathroom dehumidifying using a floating humidity threshold
Blog: Bathroom dehumidifying using two sensors and a floating humidity threshold. Link to the original blog post with a nice text/pictures layout. The problem: The bathroom fan is running too long if it’s raining outside. A year ago I automated the dehumidifying of the bathroom using an extraction fan, Sonoff mini switch, Xiaomi Mi BLE…
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Homemade ESP32 webcam
Homemade ESP32 webcam Link to the original blog post with a nice text/pictures layout. The problem: I want to see what’s happening around the house, especially if the dog is naughty again and digging holes. Actually, there is no problem. I just like to tinker. The solution: A cheap webcam (10€) integrated in #homeassistant. HW…
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Unlocking the front door using the mobile phone and Home Assistant
Link to the original blog post with a nice text/pictures layout. The problem: The solution: HW parts: SW: The process: Here’s the doodle of the connecting scheme: Here’s the original connecting scheme from Innotherm (door manufacturer), in Slovenian: It was useful because it reveals which power supply is appropriate (Meanwell MW HDR 30-24). 7. Fitted…