Make Your Own Air Quality Sensor Using ESPHome
I’ve had a general curiosity about the air quality in and around my home. We use primarily hydronic heating and thus don’t get much airflow without opening the windows. We do have …
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Improving My Year-Round Holiday LED Display
It’s been a few years since I first started getting into addressable holiday LEDs powered by WLED. A couple of years ago I expanded my LED display to permanent year-round holiday LEDs …
The Best Smart Home Hub For You (2023)
A smart home hub integrates the various smart home devices in your home. Many homes have a variety of smarthome devices that aren’t aware of each other. For example, it’s common for …
Using the IKEA Trådfri Remote With Home Assistant
Although I no longer need the perfect remote control, I do find some simple remote controls useful around the house. One such place is my son’s bedroom. He has some LED light …
Home Assistant: A Fingerprint Scanner for Your Garage
I’ve always wanted to add some type of biometrics to my smart home. A while back I found out about and bought an inexpensive fingerprint scanner. I finally got around to using …
Alexa Guard Overview & Integration w/Home Assistant
Alexa Guard is a feature of Amazon Echo devices that protects your home while you’re away. It can listen for sounds that indicate danger, either from an intruder or something else going …
Home Assistant: Migrating to Z-Wave JS
Home Assistant has announced that the Z-Wave and OpenZWave integrations are going away in release 2022.4. The only supported Z-Wave integration will be Z-Wave JS. I migrated my Z-Wave network to Home …