Home Automation - TheStaticTurtle's Blog

Automation

Too cold? Let's predict things!

Writing a NodeRed flow to determine when my pool will be at an acceptable temperature using the sun and maths

Home Automation

Keeping it cool, automating a window

Let's make a completely overkill project to automate my skylight and integrate it with HomeAssistant.

Home Automation

Bridging the gap between old and new, garage door gets a Wi-Fi controller

Building a stable and secure garage door controller that interfaces to the original controller

DIY

Hacking the hardware store fan

Converting a plain old desk fan into a home connected fan

DIY

Creating a custom component for home assistant

So after building a reliable enough software for my open433 board, I wanted to make add my project as a platform for home assistant. However, I found official documentation by homeassistant.io very shitty when you don't know the inner workings of the platform so here's my take on it:

DIY

Let's turn lights on with the computer the 433Mhz way

A while ago I started using home assistant on a pi and bought some inexpensive 433Mhz ac wireless switches. However, after one month of intense use the Raspberry Pi didn't have enough power, so I bought a cheap computer of eBay for this purpose and it worked well expect that

DIY

LinkyLink - Connecting myself to the French energy meter

Making a custom board to connect an esp8266 to the french energy meter