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The best advice for launching your smart home project
🏡 Dive into the ultimate guide on building a smart home! 🌐 In this video, I'll demystify cloud vs. local control, emphasize the need for a smart home hub (with…
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IKEA Hack: ESPHome & IKEA sensor allow awesome new automations in Home Assistant!
IKEA is selling a quite cheap air quality sensor which is called VINDRIKTNING. It senses the particulate matter concentration in the air and displays the air quality via some LEDs…
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Use ESPHome to control you MyQ garage door opener locally!
Introduction Unlock the full potential of your garage door with this in-depth guide on upgrading from MyQ to RATGDO, an ESPHome-powered device for seamless integration with Home Assistant. 🚪 The…
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Discovering the Unconventional: A Smart Home Story
If you follow my channel then you know that I am a passionate Smart Home Maker and I love all tech things. My goal is to inspire with fresh ideas…
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ESPHome magic: Transforming battery LED strips into mains powered smart wonders (Part 1: Prototype)
Are you also annoyed about batteries for LED light strips, e.g. for Christmas lights, always being empty? If that’s the case, then this video series is perfect for you. I…
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Worried of big tech spying on you? Ditch Alexa for a local (no cloud) voice assistant! (Part I – prototype)
Have you ever wondered how you can replace your voice assistant such as Amazon Alexa or Google Home with a local voice assistant that does not send your voice data…
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Master energy efficiency: DIY advisor with ESPHome
If you have a photovoltaic system on your house’s roof, you probably know the problem. During some times of the day, e.g. at noon, you have a lot of sun…
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DIY slug sensor based on neural net with Home Assistant & Raspberry Pi Zero
Garden owners probably know the problem — you have set up a wonderful bed full of vegetables and/or fruits and a soon as the first fruits start growing, some uninvited…
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Home Assistant & ChatGPT will get your day started!
Being welcomed with an automated, individual smart good morning message every morning before leaving the house to work which includes information gathered by your smart home sounds super awesome to…
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How I charge my electric vehicle with excess solar energy controlled via Home Assistant
Today's video will show you how I use excess solar energy to charge my car. The whole process is controlled via Home Assistant! https://youtu.be/UZxyZaHzUPM