Home Automation Migrating Home Assistant from a Raspberry Pi to an NUC This week the Raspberry Pi that I have been running Home Assistant on for the last two and a half years died! However, I've successfully managed to migrate
Home Automation Curtain and Blind Automations using SwithBot Curtain and Aqara Shade Driver I often have ideas for home automation projects, but realising those ideas is another thing. One of the ideas I've had for a while is automating the curtains
Home Automation Integrating the SwitchBot Hub Mini with Home Assistant - A Cautionary Tale I got a SwitchBot Bot and a SwitchBot Hub Mini for Christmas! And it's finally time to put these new toys to use! The SwitchBot Hub Mini is
Home Automation Reliable iOS Presence Detection with ESPresense v3 Enroll Flow and IRK I've been using ESPresense for a good few months to trigger automations in my Home Assistant setup. Unfortunately, I've started noticing issues where some automations that
Home Automation UniFi G4 Video Doorbell with Home Assistant I've wanted to upgrade our basic plug-in doorbell to a smart video doorbell ever since I started playing with home automation. Finally, I've gotten around to
Home Automation Counting Room Occupancy with ESPresense and Home Assistant I've written before about using an ESP32 to do Better Presence Detection with Home Assistant and ESPresense. ESPresense works by using ESP32s positioned in different rooms to track
Home Automation Controlling Icon Colour with Mushroom UI From time to time, I'll scroll through the internet looking for home automation ideals that others have implemented and that I might be able to take some inspiration