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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My ArduMower DIY robotic mower - it mows!
Since yesterday, my ArduMower DIY robotic mower has been on the lawn and mowing! A few things still need to be finished.
ArduMower: Open source robotic lawn mower without perimeter wire
Until now, my enthusiasm for robotic lawn mowers has been rather limited. I’ve now looked into the DIY ArduMower robotic mower and will build one myself. The GPS navigation without a perimeter wire is what really caught my attention.
Freeing Xiaomi Roborock vacuum robots from the cloud
The Roborock vacuum robots from Xiaomi are fabulous products, if only it weren’t for the forced connection to the Chinese cloud. With the alternative firmware Valetudo RE, the vacuum works without the cloud and also gets interesting new functions.
Franzis lightning detector DIY kit tested
Thunderstorm season is just beginning again. This is a good opportunity to test the Franzis lightning detector.