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How to update and add Aeotec Z-Stick 7 in Home Assistant using Z-Wave JS

How to update and how to add the Aeotec Z-Stick 7 in Home Assistant using the Z-Wave JS integration. The whole point of doing this is to add a Z-Wave controller in your Smart Home so you can control & Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 2 months08/06/2022 ago
Home Assistant

Home Assistant 2022.6: The most exciting new features

As usual Home Assistant have a new release every month and It is time for Home Assistant 2022.6 which will bring some new stuff on the table, it will continue to streamline the user experience, and there will be some Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 3 months01/06/2022 ago
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IKEA Air Quality Sensor in Home Assistant: How to Make IKEA Vindriktning Smart

In todays article I’ll show you how to make a Smart Air Quality Sensor that works with Home Assistant. I’ll use a cheap and dumb Sensor from IKEA called Vindriktning, as well as D1 mini and Tasmota firmware. The whole Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 3 months25/05/2022 ago
Home Assistant Smart Home

Smart Cooking with Meater & Home Assistant

You can make your perfect rare, medium or well done steak using Smart Home Gadgets? In todays article I will show you such a Smart Gadget called Meater. Did you get it? It is a combination from Meat & Thermometer. Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 3 months18/05/2022 ago
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Home Assistant Twitter Integration (HOW-TO)

As you may know Elon Musk recently acquired 100% of Twitter and I want to show you one of his latest, breaking tweets where he’s saying that native Home Assistant Twitter integration will be one of the things that he Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 3 months11/05/2022 ago
Home Assistant Smart Home

Home Assistant 2022.5: The most exciting 9 new features

Hello friends, let’s see what are the most exciting features in the latest Home Assistant 2022.5 release. As usual I’ll not only list you the new things in this release, instead I’m going to demonstrate them to you as best Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 3 months04/05/2022 ago
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SwitchBot LED Strip Lights: Cheaper Philips Hue & LIFX Alternative

Is SwitchBot LED strip lights any good? The standard, not smart LED lights are a thing of the past at this point. Before the end of last year, almost everyone had a strip of LED lights in their space. But Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 4 months27/04/2022 ago
Home Assistant Smart Home

Actionable Headers & Footers in Home Assistant dashboard cards

Today I will show you an officially supported way to customize your Home Assistant Dashboard by adding actionable pictures, buttons and graphs in the headers and/or footers of your Home Assistant cards. Using this, you will be able convert the Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 4 months20/04/2022 ago
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Home Assistant Onboarding

Let’s be honest, Home Assistant learning curve is steep. And although Home Assistant onboarding process is quite intuitive, it can leave you with the feeling that you are missing something. Even if everything is fine with the onboarding, it is Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 4 months13/04/2022 ago
Home Assistant Smart Home

Home Assistant 2022.4: The most exciting 11 new features

Hello, there are a lot of really exciting new features in the latest Home Assistant 2022.4 release. Let’s see what is new and what has changed. As usual I will not just talk about these changes, I will also try Read more…

By KIril Peyanski, 4 months06/04/2022 ago
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kpeyanski Kiril Peyanski @kpeyanski ·
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Check my new shorts video - Switch As X in Home Assistant
https://youtube.com/shorts/AE6gEt5VrZ4?feature=share
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13 Aug

Wanna make a Sensor that detect the pH value of your pool, fish tank, etc? Wanna add it to your Home Assistant? No problem, everything Is described below ⬇️

NEW ARTICLE 📜 https://peyanski.com/diy-ph-sensor-for-home-assistant/

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Why to #DIY #PH Sensor for #HomeAssistant? There are a several important water characteristics that have to be monitored and controlled all the time so the water in your pool, fish tank, or for gardening can stay usable and healthy. One of the most important water characteristics is the PH. What if you can have the PH readings in Home Assistant in real time, so you can have a safe and clean water during the whole season?

► MY ARTICLE ABOUT THAT TOPIC - https://peyanski.com/diy-ph-sensor-for-home-assistant/

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► TIME TABLE
00:00 Intro
01:01 Is Home Assistant needed for the Smart pH Sensor?
02:24 Needed Parts for the Smart DIY pH Sensor
04:27 Cutting the Box so it can carry all the parts
05:01 How to connect the Smart DIY pH Sensor parts?
05:29 Installing ESPHome on the D1 Mini
06:59 Adjusting the display brightness 
07:31 Calibrating the Smart pH Sensor
09:12 Adding the Smart pH Sensor in Home Assistant
11:13 How to make PH Sensor automation in Home Assistant?

► ESPHOME PHSENSOR GITHUB PROJECT
https://github.com/mlauhalu/esphome-phsensor

► GUAGE CARD FOR THE PH SENSOR
type: gauge
entity: sensor.ph_sensor
needle: true
min: 1
max: 14
segments:
  - from: 1
    color: '#db4437'
  - from: 6
    color: '#ffa600'
  - from: 7
    color: '#43a047'
  - from: 8
    color: '#ffa600'
  - from: 9
    color: '#db4437'

► PH SENSOR HOME ASSISTANT AUTOMATION
alias: if pH goes above 8 or below 6.5
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.ph_sensor
    above: '8'
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.ph_sensor
    below: '6.5'
condition: []
action:
  - service: persistent_notification.create
    data:
      message: The pH value becomes {{ states('sensor.ph_sensor') }}
mode: single

► ESPHOME CODE THAT I USED
https://gist.github.com/peyanski/902953d31a1419dc3579671396c20a57 

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Check what is new in #HomeAssistant #2022.8. I think #Repairs are huge.

► MY ARTICLE ABOUT THAT TOPIC - https://peyanski.com/what-is-new-in-home-assistant-2022-8/

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► DOWNLOAD MY FREE SMART HOME GLOSSARY - https://automatelike.pro/glossary

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SwitchBot Flash Deals - https://switchbot.vip/3BwF221 
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► TIME TABLE
00:00 Intro
01:15 Home Assistant Repairs
05:51 Home Assistant Bluetooth integration
06:39 HomeKit Bluetooth Support
07:01 More Supported Brands

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