Passive Infrared Sensors or PIR sensors for short or just Motion Sensor are completely supported by Home Assistant and ESPHome. I have a question for you why to buy an expensive motion sensor when you can DIY for cheap. In this article I will show you what parts you will […]
Starting from last week installing software on ESP32 & ESP8266 microcontrollers become ridiculously easy because of introducing the ESP Web Tools and Improv open standard. That will help the Home Automation guys like we all are a lot. Let’s see how. Later in the article I will announce the giveaway […]
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. […]
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 to control or you have plans to buy some. […]
This SMART HOME Christmas shopping guide 2020 will point you in the right direction if you are looking for the perfect Smart Home Christmas gift. It doesn’t matter is it for a beloved one or you’d like to give a relative or friend a taste of the Smart Home world, […]
Hey there, I want to show you how to receive automatic calls and notifications from Home Assistant if smoke is detected. To accomplish this I will use this Sonoff RF bridge and smoke detectors. I will not use any custom firmware. As you may know I had a fire incident […]
I will show you how to control Tuya devices from Home Assistant. I’ll use Zemismart Downlight, but the same approach is valiid for any Tuya device out there.
