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Home Assistant Setup in 2022

18 February 2022 14,720 views

This post details our journey with Home Assistant since we first tried the software in 2016 and various upgrades with our hardware sensors and software to automate some of our home.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W external antenna mod

06 December 2021 16,632 views

Modifying a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to add an external antenna with a U.FL RF connector

Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown

30 November 2021 14,121 views

Tearing down an Amazon Echo Show 5, 2021 2nd generation smart speaker and display

Saving power on the home network

07 November 2021 2,281 views

As part of our ongoing quest to reduce our energy usage and carbon footprint, we have installed a compressive home energy logging system which uses various sensors to monitor our energy consumption, generation and environment data, which are collated in Home Assistant and also on our home logger

Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant

13 September 2021 22,743 views

Controlling our loft radiator with a Zigbee controlled thermostatic radiator valve and Home Assistant.

Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant

03 September 2021 19,192 views

Adding new MQTT sensors to Home Assistant to log Gas meter usage data

Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant

26 August 2021 15,319 views

Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant

Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32

20 August 2021 6,807 views

Adding remote Wi-Fi data access to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar PV inverter using an Espressif ESP32-WROOM-32UE module

Washing Machine notifications via Home Assistant and Sonos Smart Speakers

15 August 2021 16,330 views

Audio notifications for when the washing machine needs to be emptied via Home Assistant and Sonos speakers

Sonoff POW R2 Smart Switch power consumption modification

15 August 2021 8,254 views

Modifying a Sonoff POWR2 Smart Switch with energy monitoring to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage

OBS Microscope Wi-Fi Remote Control

03 August 2021 5,694 views

Creating a wireless remote control to switch between video capture scenes in OBS Studio to select between our Microscope and other cameras or desktop capture using a Wi-Fi Remote Control

Home Data Logger Zigbee Sensor Upgrades

15 May 2021 8,034 views

We have added several new Zigbee sensors to our smart home system which runs Home Assistant and the sensors talk to the home Linux server using Zigbee2mqtt

Scam emails from a "certified photographer"

20 April 2021 2,356 views

Yet more scammers using emails claiming to be from a certified photographer who says your website has copyrighted images hosted

Apple iPad Air 2 vs Android Nexus tablet teardowns

06 March 2021 5,824 views

Teardown time with some old tablets that no longer work or charge, some Apple iPad Air 2 and Android Nexus tablets

Workshop ESD Anti-Static upgrades

15 February 2021 2,479 views

Trying to avoid zapping electronics by adding new ESD Anti-Static matting on the bench and floor in our workshop.

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All projects and posts - page 2

Home Assistant Setup in 2022

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W external antenna mod

Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown

Saving power on the home network

Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant

Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant

Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant

Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32

Washing Machine notifications via Home Assistant and Sonos Smart Speakers

Sonoff POW R2 Smart Switch power consumption modification

OBS Microscope Wi-Fi Remote Control

Home Data Logger Zigbee Sensor Upgrades

Scam emails from a "certified photographer"

Apple iPad Air 2 vs Android Nexus tablet teardowns

Workshop ESD Anti-Static upgrades

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