Home Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display
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Making a remote display using an ESP32 eInk ePaper module to show data from our Home Assistant system
From prototype to production - home automation that actually works.
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Making a remote display using an ESP32 eInk ePaper module to show data from our Home Assistant system
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A new solar PV inverter installed with Raspberry Pi RS485 data logging
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Repairing a Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug which has a dead relay
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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.
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Tearing down an Amazon Echo Show 5, 2021 2nd generation smart speaker and display
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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
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Controlling our loft radiator with a Zigbee controlled thermostatic radiator valve and Home Assistant.
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Adding new MQTT sensors to Home Assistant to log Gas meter usage data
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Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant
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Adding remote Wi-Fi data access to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar PV inverter using an Espressif ESP32-WROOM-32UE module
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Audio notifications for when the washing machine needs to be emptied via Home Assistant and Sonos speakers
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Modifying a Sonoff POWR2 Smart Switch with energy monitoring to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
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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
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Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 4th generation smart speaker, find out how Alexa is listening to you
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Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation smart speaker with a built-in LED clock on the side