The Govee H6076 are a great addition to my light setup offering amazing accent light. Unfortunately the integration with Home Assistant turned out to be complicated than expected. Here is what I like (and dislike) about these lights and how Read more…
Recently one of my old Sonoff power plugs started acting up so I was looking for a replacement and found a seemingly great one: small, cheap, power measurement and Zigbee 3.0 plus support in ZHA. Is this the best Zigbee Read more…
Older Raspberry Pis are not powerful enough for you? Here is how I switched to a new Pi with 8GB of RAM and to the 64bit Pi OS to be able fully utilize it. Why would you want to switch Read more…
Do you want to know what artist you like most? At what time of the day you usually listen to music? With the (unofficial) self hosted “your spotify” software you can get this data and display it in a great Read more…
In a quest to make my desk as smart and useful as possible I recently made a couple upgrades. Here are a couple of neat additions to any smart desk for a smart home, DIY and programmer enthusiast out there. Read more…
I have used older Aqara switches before with Home Assistant and ZHA. Using the newer H1 I was surprised some things were not working out of the box. Here is how to fix possible issues. The Aqara H1 remote switch Read more…
If you run a lot of Docker containers you need some mechanism to let you know about updates. Watchtower is a popular solution I also used but the auto-update feature can be dangerous. Diun is a very lightweight alternative that Read more…
A MagicMirror is the perfect display to show your smart home condition. Here is how to display data from Home Assistant using the MagicMirror system for smart mirrors. What is a MagicMirror? A so called magic mirror is a very Read more…
Sit down = lights on? I built a very simple DIY presence sensor for your bed or chair that is used to trigger automations in Home Assistant. It is a cheap and simple build that opens up a lot of Read more…
I recently built a oak wood slat accent wall with a french cleat system. Using that I designed matching holders for a book and small flower pot that I can now place anywhere on the wall to spruce it up. Read more…
