Home Automation

Smart Home projects and automations

View the blog post for Air Quality in Your Home: Measuring using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning and Netatmo

Air Quality in Your Home: Measuring using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning and Netatmo

15 January 2023 11 min read 1,553 views

Using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning & Netatmo to measure the air quality in your home or office.

View the blog post for Energy Savings and Solar PV Upgrade, Six Months of Data

Energy Savings and Solar PV Upgrade, Six Months of Data

27 December 2022 13 min read 1,309 views

After lots of small changes to our usage, device upgrades and replacing some old household appliances, our energy usage is around 45% lower

View the blog post for Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown

Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown

28 November 2022 9 min read 3,862 views

Taking a look inside the latest Amazon Echo Dot 5 smart home speaker and Amazon Alexa device, now with a new larger speaker and temperature sensor

View the blog post for ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter

ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter

30 October 2022 7 min read 2,140 views

Using an ESP32 WiFi module to create a ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Solar PV Inverter to log data with Home Assistant

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Nest Thermostat to Home Assistant via 1-Wire, Arduino and MQTT

22 September 2022 4 min read 1,765 views

Connecting our Nest Thermostat 3rd Gen to Home Assistant via 1-wire and an Arduino Uno to capture the 1-wire sensor data

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myenergi eddi solar power diverter installation with WiFi

28 August 2022 7 min read 4,004 views

We got the new eddi V2.1 from myenergi with built-in WiFi and ethernet to add to our home solar system and Home Assistant.

View the blog post for Home Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display

Home Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display

08 June 2022 9 min read 12,407 views

Making a remote display using an ESP32 eInk ePaper module to show data from our Home Assistant system

View the blog post for Solar Upgrade Solis 1.5kW inverter and Raspberry Pi RS485 Logging

Solar Upgrade Solis 1.5kW inverter and Raspberry Pi RS485 Logging

17 May 2022 26 min read 8,450 views

A new solar PV inverter installed with Raspberry Pi RS485 data logging

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Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug with energy monitoring relay replacement

13 March 2022 5 min read 3,069 views

Repairing a Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug which has a dead relay

View the blog post for Home Assistant Setup in 2022

Home Assistant Setup in 2022

18 February 2022 9 min read 9,178 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.

View the blog post for Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown

Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown

30 November 2021 20 min read 9,193 views

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

View the blog post for Saving power on the home network

Saving power on the home network

07 November 2021 7 min read 2,053 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

View the blog post for Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant

Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant

13 September 2021 6 min read 21,777 views

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

View the blog post for Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant

Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant

03 September 2021 3 min read 14,884 views

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

View the blog post for Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant

Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant

26 August 2021 12 min read 14,589 views

Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant

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