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How to build your own powerful smart home server and hub

Tired of running a dozen different hub and Apps for your smart home devices? Here is how to build your own custom smart home server that is a universal hub and so much more. With a Raspberry Pi, Docker and open source smart home software and without spending much money. Read more…

By Oliver, 7 days7 days ago
Basics

Tasmota Hue emulation -Adding voice control to Tasmota can be super simple

Adding voice control to your Tasmota device can be super simple. Tasmota Hue emulation allows you to add voice control for any Tasmota device with just a couple of clicks. Here is how to do it. Hue emulation The easiest way of adding voice control via Alexa for generic smart Read more…

By Oliver, 2 months2 months ago
Automation

The best and cheapest motion sensors for your smart home?

Automatic lights are magical. You walk into a room and the lights just turn on… to add this magic to your smart home you need motion sensors. Many motion sensors. Here is everything you need to know about them and my experience on how to find and install cheap and Read more…

By Oliver, 4 months ago
Automation

Simple DIY smart blinds -solutions to automate & motorize your blinds

Do you want to wake up with sunlight on your face? Automated smart blinds are a great addition to your smart home and can make this possible! Unfortunately most solutions are really expensive and often not very usable. For the past years I have been on a quest to find Read more…

By Oliver, 4 months4 months ago
smart light

Brighten up your day! How to automate your DIY smart lighting system – part 3

You built your own smart lighting system? But it really is not smart yet. Lets add some smartness to the system. You don’t want to be pressing buttons all the time anymore, right? Here are some ways to make you light setup smart(er). Rules in Openhab I am controlling my Read more…

By Oliver, 5 months5 months ago
Automation

36°C – A smart fan for a cool(er) smart home

Recently it has been super hot in Germany – more than 30°C for weeks and it is not looking to get much cooler. Technology to the rescue! I bought a smart fan that I promptly integrated with my smart home system. Here is how to do it. Finding a fan Read more…

By Oliver, 5 months4 months ago
smart light

WLED custom animations – Making the DIY smart wardrobe even more awesome

A simple DIY smart wardrobe with lights that turn on and off automatically is awesome. Using the digital LEDs to their full potential and adding WLED custom animations is even better. This is how I upgraded my wardrobe lights. The smart wardrobe lights In an earlier article I described how Read more…

By Oliver, 6 months6 months ago
smart light

Affordable DIY smart wardrobe lights for less than 40€

A simple way to add some awesomeness to your wardrobe is to add lighting. Smart wardrobe lights look great and help find things more quickly. I build a cheap do-it-yourself solution which has some great effects not found in off the shelf solutions. All of this is done for around Read more…

By Oliver, 6 months4 months ago
Openhab

Scenes in OpenHab – an astonishingly simple way to create scenes

You are looking to create scenes in OpenHab and don’t know how? Well you are not the only one! While OpenHab is a pretty awesome home automation platform the concept of scenes is just not properly supported. Most solutions are overly complicated but here is a simply solution for simple Read more…

By Oliver, 7 months7 months ago
smart light

How you can add affordable smart switches anywhere in your smart home

One of the main problems with smart homes is how to improve usability by allowing control via “legacy” switches instead of relying on Apps and voice assistants. One great way of doing this is by adding smart relays to your existing wall switches and keep using them. For any case Read more…

By Oliver, 7 months4 months ago

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