We are going to DYI TV Ambient Lighting with Raspberry Pi, Hyperion software and some LED Strips. Meaning there will be colors behind you TV that will be in sync to the currently displayed image, bringing watching TV experience to whole another level. Available TV Ambient Lighting options? In general Read more…
Home Assistant Tasmota integration allows you to control Tasmotized Devices over MQTT without having to add a tone of YAML code. Let’s see this in action What is Tasmota? Tasmota is the best open source firmware for ESP8266 and ESP8285 based IOT devices. Home Assistant is the best open source Read more…
After you finish reading this Home Assistant UniFi Integration article you will be able to do presence detection, block network access for any clients, check bandwidth and uptime sensors and more. Everything that you will need is Home Assistant and UniFi network equipment. What is needed for Home Assistant UniFi Read more…
We are going to use Home Assistant and DOODS to detect objects in camera images locally. That means no Cloud services or internet connection is required for the image recognition part it’s just Home Assistant, DOODS and your camera. What is DOODS? DOODS stands for Dedicated Open Object Detection Service. Read more…
Last updated on March 19th, 2021 at 11:22 pm Last time, I asked you do you want me to create a Home Assistant Shelly Motion sensor integration tutorial and you said – YES, big time! So I listen and execute. In this article I will try two methods: Using the Read more…
In this Vacos Cam Review we will test an outdoor security camera with: Full color night vision, Rechargeable battery and optional solar panel, Built-in 16 Gigabytes of fast storage, AI Human and PIR Detection, Two way audio. Vacos Cam have it all plus some more! Let’s see it. Vacos Cam Read more…
Last updated on March 6th, 2021 at 03:28 pm So you have an Alexa (Amazon Echo Device) or you have plans to buy one. You want to understand more about Alexa Smart Home Skills, because you also have several Tuya, Shelly, Sonoff, SmartThings, Broadlink or Philips devices that you want Read more…
Hello, this will be a Home Assistant Xiaomi Vacuum Cleaner integration tutorial. The same method can be applied for several other Xiaomi products like: Xiaomi Gateways, Xiaomi Air Purifiers, Xiaomi IR Remotes, Xiaomi WiFi repeaters, Xiaomi Smart plugs and more. For dessert we will create some Home Assistant automations and Read more…
Raspberry Pi Home Office is possible. Using Raspberry Pi 4 or Raspberry Pi 400 to work or learn from home is not hard and I will show you how to do it. You can expect detailed instructions about how to: Connect to your office network, How you can Backup, How Read more…
Last updated on February 16th, 2021 at 12:41 pm The latest product coming from Shelly and Silicone Labs is called Shelly Motion and it have a built-in battery that can last over a year. Shelly Motion sensor will directly connect to your Wi-FI and no additional HUB is required. What Read more…
