Smart Home projects and automations
Adding new MQTT sensors to Home Assistant to log Gas meter usage data
Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant
Adding remote Wi-Fi data access to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar PV inverter using an Espressif ESP32-WROOM-32UE module
Audio notifications for when the washing machine needs to be emptied via Home Assistant and Sonos speakers
Modifying a Sonoff POWR2 Smart Switch with energy monitoring to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a devices energy usage
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
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 4th generation smart speaker, find out how Alexa is listening to you
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation smart speaker with a built in LED clock on the side
Using Zigbee door and window sensors to trigger alerts in Home Assistant to our tablets, phones and Sonos smart speakers.