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Anyone who has a smart home knows that it can get out of hand quickly. For non-techies, remembering which light switches they're allowed to use is a mental burden that far outweighs the value of being…
With the latest issues about gas supply the prices are skyrocketing, thus I thought I could have better control over how much energy I spend. The easiest way to do that may be to check the meter once …
Miss Smart Home Projects The Big Problem My room has only one switch and it's thousands of miles away from my bed, (I mean it feels like that when am about to doze off and I realize I forgot to switch…
How it started Last year, my wife and I purchased our first home. Prior to this we were renting for many years, and despite having the burning desire to setup a Homelab, I never got around to it. The …
This is a continuation of my previous article "Using Ansible & Nomad for a homelab (part 1)" which you'd probably want to read first to follow up where I left off there. Nomad Nomad is a well-known wo…
We can switch on the lamps in our apartments from a chair in a distant workplace. Our refrigerator's built-in surveillance allows us to simply keep track of what's on the racks or when a foodstuff is …
In our last post we detailed how to install HAOS in a VM on Proxmox VE. We follow up in this post with how to configure HA following installation. HA = Home Assistant HAOS = Home Assistant Operating …
This is a slightly modified version of a post I originally made on the Home Assistant forums. When a Shelly 2.5 is controlling roller shutters, there exists the ability to set the “Input buttons” mode…
1. Introduction The project is showcasing a simple way of using the the BleuIO Dongle to turn on and off a light bulb that is connected to the STM32 Nucleo-144 via a 5V Relay. You will need two dongle…
A couple of months ago I purchased a few WiFi Smart Switches with the intention of making my home a bit smarter and a somewhat automated. Months have passed and my home didn’t become any smarter, nor …
