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Building a minimalist waveform lamp from unneeded leftovers

I had wood left over, I built a waveform lamp. Some projects are meticulously planned, for others it is just intuition and a good idea. I had some wooden pieces left over from my bookshelf built and decided to experiment a bit. The result is a very unique lamp in Read more…

By Oliver, 9 months ago
HomeAssistant

Setting up a new smart home with Home Assistant – Part Two: Adding Zigbee and Tasmota devices

Home Assistant is an awesome free home automation system. To properly utilize it you need to add smart home devices though. This is how to add Zigbee and (Tasmota) Wifi devices to Home Assistant. I recently started working on my new smart home server and build up the hardware as Read more…

By Oliver, 1 year01.02.2021 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, 1 year02.12.2020 ago
Basics

Update Tasmota – 2 ways to get the latest and greatest features

Tasmota is an awesome firmware for full local control over smart home devices. While it works great without any intervention here is how to update Tasmota devices if you want the latest and greatest features or you are experiencing issues. Should you update your Tasmota devices? I have been running Read more…

By Oliver, 1 year22.11.2020 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, 2 years13.09.2020 ago
Basics

Power over power – cheap smart devices under your full control with Tasmota

Are you looking for a cheap solution to control any wall powered device in your (smart) home? Or an LED strip? Or a lamp? Oh and you want total control over the device and all of that for cheap? That is actually quite possible and I will show you how Read more…

By Oliver, 2 years27.04.2020 ago
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