May 27, 2022 Xiaomi BLE LCD Thermometers in Home Assistant Using esphome in an ESP32 dev board to pull the values of some cheap Xiaomi LCD temp sensors (with BLE) and integrate them into home assistant. Categories Home Automation
November 18, 2021 Tasmota Run on Timer Rules: Triple bathroom light button Use of a triple pushbutton, running Tasmota to do simple run-on functions in a bathroom. Categories Home Automation/Technology Comments: 0
August 30, 2021 Tracking Pet Feeding with Home Automation A method to track whether the cat and dog have been fed in a busy household. Categories Home Automation Comments: 0
June 15, 2021 Edgerouter Firewall Control with MQTT Use of an Edgerouter X router with MQTT (& mqcontrol) to block kids electronic devices from a network on commands from a home automation system. Categories Home Automation Comments: 0
April 12, 2021 Internet Speed test to InfluxDB & MQTT with Docker Use of the Ookla speedtest cli to test the internet connection regularly, and push the results to influx db & MQTT. Categories Home Automation/Technology
March 20, 2021 Controlling a Computer Remotely with MQTT I was looking for various ways to control my computers via home automation, and my method of choice MQTT. I found mqcontrol by albertnis to be the best option and simplest for my use case. Categories Home Automation/Technology Comments: 0
November 3, 2020 Using an SDR and RTL_433 in docker with MQTT Mainly to grab weather station data, but also useful for other 433MHz data, this is the setup I use in Docker. It uses a cheap Realtek USB SDR, and pushes data received straight to an MQTT server. Categories Home Automation/Technology/Weather Comments: 0
February 4, 2019 5 Steps to DIY Home Automation You can spend thousands on home automation equipment. You could get yourself an ecosystem like Apple Homekit, Samsung Smart-Things, Control4 or many others, however with just some moderate techo skills you can set up or convert your home to pretty awesome home control with DIY. My take on home automation is that it should be pretty much invisible. Things should... Categories DIY/Home Automation/Technology Comments: 0
