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…
Last updated on February 10th, 2021 at 09:13 am You can install Home Assistant using several different methods. I tried them all, for months, so you don’t have to do the same. Finally, I decided to stay with Home Assistant Supervised method as one of the easiest and probably the Read more…
Boot Raspberry Pi 4 from SSD (or Raspberry Pi 400) drive is getting way more easier than before, but it still require several manual steps. And this is exactly what I will show you in this article. The easiest, official and stable way to boot Raspberry Pi 4 from SSD. Read more…
I have my hands on the ANNKE NC400 camera and I will try Home Assistant ANNKE integration using ONVIF & RTSP. ANNKE NC400 Camera The guys from ANNKE send me the ANNKE NC400 camera for free for a test and review and I’m really thankful for that. No matter the Read more…
Raspberry pi 400 is a personal computer built into a keyboard. If you are wondering how it looks like, what are the Raspberry Pi 400 Pros and Cons and how to setup it – read this article first and decide by yourself is it worth buying it. VIDEO What is Read more…
In this article we will see how to easily start presence detection with Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant and and free software called Monitor. We will also use some help from Mosquitto MQTT Broker to enable MQTT communication between all involved components. Accurate presence detection is crucial for any Smart Home. Read more…
Today I will talk about how much money YouTube pays me by showing you some real data from my YouTube channel analytics. I will explain what needs to be done to monetize a YouTube channel and how long it took me to start displaying ads. YouTube as main income source? Read more…
Last updated on January 18th, 2021 at 04:38 pm If you have any version of the UniFi Security Gateway or UniFi Dream Machine this article is for you – we will configuring UniFi Internet Security Settings. To understand if they are truly working we will set and then we will Read more…
