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Levoit LV-PUR131S WiFi Air Purifier Review
Looking to add an air purifier to your house to get rid of pet dander, dust, and allergens? Want to control it from your favorite voice assistant or through your smartphone? Even better would be to...
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Migrating to ZWave2MQTT for Home Assistant
Home Assistant allows you to integrate your Z-Wave controller with the rest of your home devices. Sometimes though, it can be a bit annoying to wait for your Z-Wave network to come back online after...
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ESP8266 MP3 Sound Machine
My 6-month old started sleeping a lot better through the night when we started to play a “shhing” YouTube video. You might think that is crazy, but the results speak for themselves (at least so far)....
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Make a Dumb TV “Smart” using MQTT and CEC
If you’re like me, you’ve probably got a TV or two in your house that don’t integrate well with Home Assistant or your preferred Home Automation platform out of the box. Seems like a lot of TV...
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Setting up OctoPrint with the Ender 3 and Home Assistant
I finally pulled the trigger on buying my first 3D printer! I went with the Ender 3 which has great reviews online and doesn’t break the bank to get started. Today’s article talks a little about the...
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Aeotec ZW162 Z-Wave Doorbell Review
I was in search of a doorbell I could integrate into my Home Automation system that didn’t rely on the cloud. Video was not important to me, I’m already using dedicated PoE cameras for video...
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Git Hooks for Home Assistant Configuration
I’ve been storing my Home Assistant configuration on GitHub for a while now. Right now, there are over 350 other people doing the same thing! There are some great benefits of using git to manage your...
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Automating GameDay
Football season is upon us and I wanted to automate the lights in my house for my favorite team. I was looking for a way to trigger some automations a few hours before the game to set the lighting...
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Aeotec Z-Wave ZWA002 LED Bulbs Review (with automated Holiday Colors)
Personally, I’m a big fan of always using smart switches instead of smart bulbs to automate my home. However, there are times when adding multi-color lights adds something to your smart home. I wanted...
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Cloud Free Smart Vacuum – Valetudo for Roborock S5
Looking to free your robot vacuum from the cloud? Want to control your vacuum over MQTT and have full access to the map it generates of your house? Today’s article will walk you through installing...
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Automated Bathroom Exhaust Fan using Humidity Sensor
The bathroom is a really great place to get started with Home Automation. You can automate your lights to dim when you have a late-night bathroom trip, make sure your curling iron is off when you leave...
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Christmas Tree LED Lights using WLED
It’s holiday season again! Which makes it the perfect time to do another LED project. I wanted to add LED lights for my Christmas tree this year that could be automated using Home Assistant. My basic...
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Use Tuya-Convert to Free Devices From the Cloud
Have you seen cheap smart plugs on Amazon like these and wondering if you can use them with Home Assistant? Don’t want to rely on some cloud service to toggle your outlets? Well if the answer is yes to...
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ESP8266 MP3 Sound Machine v2
Last summer, I made an ESP8266 MP3 Sound Machine using ESPHome to play calming sounds when my son goes to sleep. I used ESPHome to develop the firmware so it could communicate with my Home Automation...
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Chamberlain B970 WiFi Garage Door Opener Review and Set Up
There’s nothing worse than when an appliance you depend on every day suddenly breaks down. That’s what happened to me at the beginning of the year when my garage door opener stopped working. After...
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Combining Different Sized Drives with mergerfs and SnapRAID
When building storage for your home server, there are lots of different routes you can take. You could buy a bunch of drives and build a FreeNAS server. Or maybe you want a hardware solution and RAID...
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Aeotec Z-Wave ZWA002 LED Bulbs Review (with automated Holiday Colors)
Personally, I’m a big fan of always using smart switches instead of smart bulbs to automate my home. However, there are times when adding multi-color lights adds something to your smart home. I wanted...
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Cloud Free Smart Vacuum – Valetudo for Roborock S5
Looking to free your robot vacuum from the cloud? Want to control your vacuum over MQTT and have full access to the map it generates of your house? Today’s article will walk you through installing...
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Automated Bathroom Exhaust Fan using Humidity Sensor
The bathroom is a really great place to get started with Home Automation. You can automate your lights to dim when you have a late-night bathroom trip, make sure your curling iron is off when you...
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Christmas Tree LED Lights using WLED
It’s holiday season again! Which makes it the perfect time to do another LED project. I wanted to add LED lights for my Christmas tree this year that could be automated using Home Assistant. My basic...
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