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Adding Working Location to my Home Automations

I have several home automations that run based on the day of the week. For example, there is no point opening the curtains or turning on the heating in my home office if I'm not going to be in there. As a result, most of these day-specific

Home Automation

Webcam State Detection and Elgato Key Light Automation with Home Assistant

During the COVID pandemic, I invested in improving my working-from-home setup with a better webcam and an Elgato Key Light. I usually control the Key Light using my Stream Deck (which was another lockdown purchase and project). Over the last few weeks, I've been working from

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 the hub for the SwitchBot ecosystem. It's designed to allow you to control your SwitchBot devices remotely when

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 from. About 8 or 9 months ago I saw a post on Twitter where someone had integrated an API with

Productivity

Using a Stream Deck for productivity - a software developers solution

I recently purchased an Elgato Stream Deck. As the name suggests, a Stream Deck is geared towards people who stream content on YouTube or Twitch. I fall into neither of these camps, nor am I setting out to become a streamer. Streamers will often setup their Stream Deck so that

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

Electronics

Using a Raspberry PI to Make My Office Desk Glow (Part 2)

In a previous blog post I put together a step-by-step guide on how to put together the hardware for a Raspberry Pi controlled LED strip [https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/using-a-raspberry-pi-to-make-my-office-desk-glow/]. In this post I will focus on the

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