Not so long ago Home Assistant introduced iBeacon support and I decided to buy one iBeacon from AliExpress to test it out for you, so you don’t have to do the same. But what actually are the iBeacons and for Read more…
Automating lights and making them Smart is one of the quick wins of every Smart Home. Why? Because they are immediately visible from every family member or guest and most importantly they can save you money by reducing the electricity Read more…
I bought an old RV and I’ll convert it into a smart RV. I plan to add a smart home hub inside based on Home Assistant and to that Home Assistant I’ll add monitoring of: and many, many more. I Read more…
Do you know that on 11th of November is the Chinese Black Friday and there will be a big global shopping festival in AliExpress website named 11.11 Sale? That means you can get some smart sensors and items a lot Read more…
Every month there is a new Home Assistant release and this month is no exception as Home Assistant 2022.11 is coming with a full force. In this article I will try to list all of the most interesting changes and Read more…
Do you have blinds with a twisting rod that you want to retrofit and make Smart, so you can open & close them automatically, remotely, with your voice or eventually from Home Assistant. Well, that is now possible, thanks to Read more…
I bought an IKEA IDASEN standing desk which can be moved up and down with a push of a button and I love it. But there is one major problem – the IKEA desk have no memory and I cannot Read more…
Today I will use an ESP32-CAM board that cost around $5 to make a wireless live streaming camera for Home Assistant. I will show every step that I did and I will share everything, so if you want, you can Read more…
Home Assistant 2022.10 is here and it is bringing some new stuff like iBeacons and Google Sheets support, as well as some updates of the dashboard, integrations, bluetooth and more. Let’s discuss. Glossary for You! Before we start, I want Read more…
In this article I will add IKEA motion sensor in my Home Assistant using a Zigbee Home Automation or also known as ZHA. For what Motion Sensors are used in a Smart Home? Here is a quick background story:Motion Sensors Read more…
