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Using affordable Xiaomi Mijia BLE sensors with Home Assistant
Xiaomi not only offers quite affordable ZigBee sensors, but also Bluetooth BLE models that are even cheaper. With ESPHome, they can be used easily and conveniently in Home Assistant.
Creating automations with multiple switching times in Home Assistant
Automations are the core of good smart home control. Using the example of a simple garden irrigation system, I’ll show you how to combine multiple switching times and conditions.
Integrating NAS and network drives with Home Assistant
Home Assistant can play music and videos and work as a coordinator for many devices such as Amazon Echo, AV receivers, etc. But how do you get the media collection from a NAS or network drive into Home Assistant? Here’s a guide.
AI-powered surveillance cameras with Home Assistant, Frigate and Google Coral
With Frigate, surveillance camera software has moved into Home Assistant that can intelligently evaluate image content.
LCN Issendorff - concept and basics of building automation
In this post, I’d like to introduce you to the basics and concepts of LCN Issendorff building automation.
Fnirsi-1013D - portable oscilloscope for makers and hobby electronics enthusiasts
An oscilloscope is part of the basic equipment in the electronics workshop. I tested the very affordable FNIRSI-1013D digital oscilloscope.
CO2 traffic light with ESPHome and Home Assistant
To minimize the risk of infection with corona viruses indoors, regular ventilation is recommended. The CO2 content of the room air is a good indicator for this. I’ve built a solution based on ESPHome.
Xiaomi Fimi Palm - a DJI Osmo Pocket clone at a bargain price
Xiaomi is now shaking up many product areas. They now have an affordable alternative to the DJI Osmo Pocket gimbal camera in their lineup, which is also significantly cheaper.
Monitoring websites and web servers with Node-Red
Website monitoring doesn’t have to be left to an external service, but can simply be done with Node-Red - including convenient notification.
Fixing ESP32-Cam problems
For less than 10 euros you can get an ESP32 microcontroller with a camera that also supports streaming and face recognition. Unfortunately, the thing is quite temperamental. Here’s how I fixed the errors.