Tag: homeassistant
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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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Solved: HA network (VirtualBox) won’t reconnect after a power loss
Solved: HA network (VirtualBox) won’t reconnect after a power loss Link to the original blog post with a nice text/pictures layout. Problem: I run #homeassistant as a virtual machine on an old laptop, that runs #Linux #Mint, that runs #VirtualBox. Yeah, I know the setup is far from perfect, but it works perfectly until it…
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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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Nice stacked bar charts
#TIL: stacked bar charts in #homeassistant I wanted nice stacked charts to show my energy consumption in Home Assistant. After combining #apexchart code from several sources (1), the result looks like this: The code: I’ve inserted ‘manual card‘ to the dashboardand inserted the yaml code: Before using Apex charts in Home Assistant, install them via…
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Moon lamp project
Link to original blog post (moon lamp project). The final product is a #3dprint of a #moonlamp: I’ve 3d printed a moon lamp and installed it on an old lava lamp stand. The process: 1. 3D Printing 3D model: https://www.printables.com/model/23859 Slicing: I used the following settings, as recommended by the model designer: I’ve tried to…
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Proxmox server temperature tracking in Home Assistant
(Link to the original blog post with a proper layout) It’s a pity that #Proxmox doesn’t report CPU and other temperatures to #homeassistant. I had several freezes of my old laptop that runs Proxmox due to a stuck CPU fan. I googled a bit and found an elegant solution for temperature reporting: a command_line sensor.…
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How I killed e-ink display
TL:DR: I don’t know how, but it no longer works. In the previous post, I shared the joy of making #ESP32 #Lilygo T5 2.13′ e-ink display finally work and show some sensor data from #homeassistant. The joy lasted only a week. Yesterday I decided I’d print a nice case for it. I found a great…
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E-ink display showing temperatures from Home Assistant
I had this #esp32 #lilygo board* laying in the drawer for more than 2 years. I tried several times to make the e-ink display work without success.Today I flashed it again with the latest #esphome firmware, stole some code from the web, tinkered for 2 hrs with #yaml and lambdas and whatnot and suddenly… it’s…
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How to make Fire HD tablet talk in Home Assistant
If you have Amazon’s #FireHD (or any other #Android) tablet that shows your #homeassistant dashboard, you can make it talk. I created a new automation (triggered by a motion sensor) which greets me when I approach the tablet: I used the ‘Send notification’ action, chose the tablet and inserted ‘TTS‘ in the message field. Then…