Building a custom network rack from steel box section
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Upgrading Our Home Network Rack: Custom Steel Frame Build, 10Gb Switching & UniFi Setup
From prototype to production - home automation that actually works.
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Upgrading Our Home Network Rack: Custom Steel Frame Build, 10Gb Switching & UniFi Setup
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Using an open source air quality monitoring system from AirGradient, we have added outdoor air pollution data logging to Home Assistant and our long term data logger online.
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New smart energy meters promised better logging, but it broke our Home Assistant install and long-term energy logging. Here’s what went wrong and how it’s affecting Home Assistant in our smart home
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Welcome to a in-depth teardown of the 2024 Amazon Echo Spot Smart Speaker with LCD display. In this blog post, we'll be taking a closer look at the inner workings of this popular smart home device, uncovering the components that power its advanced features, and exploring its construction
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We now have much faster internet thanks to a new fibre connection and internet using Trooli and upgrading from our PFSense firewall to a Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro
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Using the Ikea STYRBAR, four-button remote as a simple controller for Sonos Smart speakers with Home Assistant
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Building a simple remote controller for Elgato Key Lights using a low-cost ESP32 Wi-Fi module and a push switch
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Upgrading our home Linux server again with a new low-power Intel N100 fanless system with 32Gb RAM and 1Tb NVMe storage.
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New teardown and looking inside the latest Amazon Echo Pop smart home speaker and Amazon Alexa smart home device
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Using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning & Netatmo to measure the air quality in your home or office.
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After lots of small changes to our usage, device upgrades and replacing some old household appliances, our energy usage is around 45% lower
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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
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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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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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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.