Articles by Tag #homeassistant
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The Home Assistant companion app
Besides a regular webapp and a Mac app, which uses the same endpoints as the webapp, Home Assistant...
Cloudflare Tunnel for Home Assistant
I continue to take care of my Home Assistant. This week, I replaced my original setup with Cloudflare...
Why Home Assistant?
Last June, I spoke at Berlin Buzzwords. In all honesty, I rarely attend others' talks for a variety...
Getting a single value from a device's state in Home Assistant
I recently acquired Netatmo smart radiator valves to manage my rooms' temperature remotely. I'm not...
Replace Philips Hue automation with Home Assistant's
I've been the happy owner of several Philips Hue-connected lights for a few years. Some of them are...
The Home Assistant model
Home Assistant is a massive beast. It can be overwhelming for a newcomer; it was for me. In this...
An example of HACS: Adaptive Lighting
In the previous post of this focus, we replaced Philips Hue automation with the one from Home...
Home Assistant and ESP Home: How to use MQTT Integration for Dynamic Device Configuration
An MQTT message broker is the standard way to transfer information between different IOT devices....
Supercharging Home Assistant Automations: Initial States and Boolean Logic for NetDaemon Rx
Introduction As a software developer, I stepped into the home automation hobby relatively...
DWD Wetterwarnungen: Smarte Integration mit HACS ⛈️
Erfahre, wie du Wetterwarnungen des DWD in Home Assistant integrierst und rechtzeitig bei Warnungen...
Home Assistant: How to Measure Battery Voltage of ESP8266 Boards
When you install IOT sensors inside your house, you will have plenty main power outlets, USB adapters...
IOT: Dynamic Deep Sleep Configuration for ESP8266 and ESP32 Boards
Especially when running your ESP boards on battery, conserving energy is an important aspect. ESPHome...
IOT: Log File Collection with Fluent Bit
In a growing network of IOT sensors and computer devices, getting quick access to essential log files...
IOT Security Camera with a Raspberry Pi Zero and External USB Webcam
In my IOT enabled home, I have several sensors that continuously provide environmental data such as...
Home Assistant: Measuring Air Quality, Humidity and Temperature with a BME680 Sensor
Building an IOT sensor with the ESP8266 and ESP32 boards can be done in two ways. Either you are...
Setting Up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
Introduction As part of my DIY smart home project, I've decided to explore Home Assistant...
Puppy data
Puppy data 🐾 Puppy Data 🐾 combines a love of data and dogs — a project to track Barney the...
Home Assistant: Measuring Sound and Vibration
Through the combination of ESPHome and Home Assistant, a myriad of sensors can be added, managed, and...
IOT: How to Capture all Log Files from Systems, Applications & Sensors
Fluent Bit is an amazing tool for logfile aggregation, processing and storing. Due to its flexible...
Hardware Metrics Collection with IOT Devices
In a self-made IOT stack, several applications provide, parse, and store data. You might have all...
DWD weather warnings: Smart integration with HACS ⛈️
Learn how to integrate weather warnings from the DWD into Home Assistant and be informed in good time...
Remote GPS Sensor: Component Selection and GPS Coding
In home automation systems, several sensors transmit and consume data, leading to automations that...
Crafting My Perfect Home Assistant Dashboard
Learn how I built a sleek & functional Home Assistant dashboard cards by customizing weather, alarms, & more to create an awesome smart home experience.
Top Electricity Consuming Devices in Your Home
I have been wondering what devices in my house use the most electricity. I have a smart meter which...
IOT: How to Collect ESP8266 Sensor Hardware Metrics with Home Assistant
In a typical IOT network, several sensors with different hardware and software, and several computer...
Tasmotizer: Try to Flash a WiFi LED Light with a Custom Firmware
My IOT enabled home grows sensor by sensor. In one of the last articles, I explained which new...
WebNUT: USV ins SmartHome einbinden
Lerne, wie Du WebNUT in Docker installierst, konfigurierst und in HomeAssistant integrierst, um Deine...
My Favorite Home Assistant Automation: Waking Up to the Smell of Coffee ☕️
I recently set up Home Assistant and started exploring the world of smart home automation. One of my...
Home Assistant: Overview about Smart Light and Smart Power Protocols
It started with a ESP8266 board and DHT11 temperature sensor to store data in a timeseries DB. And it...
WebNUT: Integrate UPS into the SmartHome
Learn how to install and configure WebNUT in Docker and integrate it into HomeAssistant to monitor...