Gas Meter Usage Sensor Using Zigbee Door Sensor
Since Home Assistant launched the Energy Management dashboard, I wanted to find a way to add my Gas usage to
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Home Automation
Solar Generation Monitoring with Home Assistant
Back in ?? we had Solar Panels installed for free on our roof by A Shade Greener, free as they
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Migrate Home Assistant to Argon One M.2 SSD
Now that my previous issues with the Argon ONE M.2 case have been resolved, I’m able to finally put the
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Automatic Dog Door (Part 3) – Version 1.0 Complete
This post is the final part of a series from initial idea and prototype automated dog/pet door I described in Part
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Water Softener Salt Level Monitor (and more)
Living in a hard water area is a pain, so several years ago we had a water softener installed which
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Multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting (Part 3 – Installation)
Installation of my multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting project is now complete. Taking the low cost approach has had some drawbacks,
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Multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting (Part 2b – WiFi LED Controller Selection)
This post is a follow up from Part 1 of my series of posts covering the installation of a multi-zone
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Multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting (Part 1 – Planning)
I’m starting on a project to add WiFi Controlled LED perimeter strip lights to a bedroom. I thought I’d capture
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Heterogeneous Home Automation with Home-Assistant
The rate of change in internet connected devices continues to accelerate, with new devices, platforms and “things” appearing all the
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Belkin WeMo Insight Switch – Initial Experiences
I had been thinking of building an Arduino, Photon or Pi device to power on/off a mains powered cooling fan.
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