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 using AppDaemon to control the strip via Home Assistant. Whilst this approach does work, it does have several limitations. My
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 awake, I'll get out of bed, find my way to the ensuite to get ready, and once I&
Home Automation Adding "Smart" to My Tumble Dryer Using a Power Metered Smart Plug. Have you ever wanted your washing machine or tumble dryer to tell you when it's finished by sending you a push notification? I know this sounds like a very first world problem, but I wondered if I could put in place a simple solution to send out a
Home Automation Monitoring an Eaton 5SC UPS using Scripts and Integrations Last year I bought an Eaton 5SC 1000i UPS to provide my home office with backup power [https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/home-office-upgrade-adding-a-ups/] in the event of a short term power cut. The UPS will provide power to my desktop, HP ProLiant G7 MicroServer and
Home Automation Making traditional light switches smart A few months ago I started on a home automation journey with a plan to integrate all of my existing smart devices into Home Assistant, and to continue making the house smart with helpful and practical home automation improvements. The next step in this journey is to make the traditional
Home Automation Building custom Home Assistant integrations with Python I've recently setup Home Assistant, and one of my goals is to try and integrate my Raspberry Pi controlled LED strip desk lights into Home Assistant. I want to have the LED strip automatically turn on when the motion sensor in my office detects motion, and to automatically
Raspberry Pi Getting Started with Home Automation and Home Assistant Home Assistant has been around for years, but I've never given it a try until now. With smart devices becoming more prevalent and affordable I wanted a better way to control all the smart devices I have as well as putting in some cost effective smart sensors. Smart
