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Home Assistant Quickie: Displaying values as percentages
A percentage display is often much more intuitive than a raw measurement value. I’ll show you how to output such values.
OpenMower - robotic mower with GPS/RTK based on Yardforce mowers
The OpenMower project turns a “dumb” Yardforce robotic mower into a GPS/RTK mower that works without a perimeter wire.
Nabu Casa increases prices for Home Assistant Cloud
Nabu Casa, the company behind Home Assistant, has increased the prices for the cloud subscription. However, this price adjustment comes at an inopportune time.
Overloud TH-U Premium Plugin - do you need more amplifiers?
Overloud TH-U is an amplifier simulation that is second to none. With the current version, some very interesting new functions were added.
Controlling LED strips with WLED and integrating them into Home Assistant
With the open source firmware WLED and an ESP microcontroller, you can achieve great lighting effects. You can also easily integrate WLED into Home Assistant.
Measuring power consumption with the Shelly 3EM and Home Assistant
Electricity prices are exploding. With the Shelly 3EM you can measure the entire power consumption of an apartment or house and optimize your usage.
Sturdy DIY CNC router: Miranda CNC
A CNC router practically belongs in every well-equipped maker workshop. As an alternative to the well-known and popular MPCNC, the Miranda CNC by Ivan Miranda could be the one.
LCN-VISU coupler with OpenHAB connects to Alexa and Philips Hue
LCN Issendorff has listened to the wishes of many LCN users with the new LCN-VISU bus coupler and thus enables a simple connection to Alexa voice control and Philips Hue devices. But there’s even more.
My new ESPHome multi-sensor with display for Home Assistant
With the ESPHome platform, you can implement extensive projects based on affordable ESP8266 and ESP32 controllers in a short time. In this post, I’ll show you one of my more extensive ESPHome projects.
Home Assistant: Cleanly integrating entities into Amazon Alexa
One of the best features of a smart home hub is voice control via Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. For this to work as desired and with your own names for the various lights, blinds, etc., these should be clearly defined in Home Assistant. Here’s how it works.