Home Automation Controlling multiple devices with the Sonoff NSPanel and Tasmota A few months ago, I got a Sonoff NSPanel, and I've been waiting for some downtime to have a proper play with it and figure out how I
Home Automation Creating a Wall-Mounted Dashboard for Home Assistant When I started my home automation journey just over two years ago, I did so with the vision of having some kind of wall-mounted dashboard to control everything in the
Home Automation Better Presence Detection with Home Assistant and ESPresense One of the first things I did when I started with Home Assistant was to get to grips with using motion sensors to trigger automations. Motion sensors work well for
Home Automation Detecting water leaks with Shelly Flood I'm a strong advocate of how Shelly devices can be a useful addition to automating your home. I've written previously about how I've used
Home Automation Energy Monitoring with Shelly EM and Home Assistant Over the last couple of years, I've been putting Shelly devices into my house as part of my home automation journey. Although I've mainly used Shelly
Home Automation Using a Template Light to Control a Custom Light in Home Assistant Last year I made my own Raspberry PI powered LED strip for the desk in my home office, and since then, I've been using an integration I developed
Home Automation Ensuite Automations - Using Home Assistant to Perfect My Morning Routine I'm a morning person, and I usually get up quite early. As a result, I'm the first person up in our house. Once I'm