Alert Maker Revival
While migrating some of my blog posts over from my old blog to this one I stumbled upon a program I wrote in 2011 when I »
Flashing Tasmota on Sonoff (Revised)
This post is an update to my previous "Changing Sonoff Firmware (Visual Guide)", and is based on the following Youtube video which makes use of a »
Setting up ESP8266 on Arduino
This is a quick reference post to get you up and running with anESP8266 / ESP32 using the Arduino IDE. Step 1 - Get Arduino You can »
NodeRED on DietPi
Today I set out to get Node-RED up and running on a NanoPi NEO2 to help automate some simple tasks in my home automation setup. The »
MySQL and Home Assistant
To get the best performance out of Home Assistant I always like to make use of MySQL as a data store hosted on another computer / device »
Upgrading Home Assistant on DietPi
This is a quick post on how to update Home Assistant running on DietPi or any other Debian build of Linux (e.g. Raspbian). Stop Home »
Installing Mosquitto on (DietPi / Raspbian / Debian)
At the end of December last year my family and I immigrated to Canada (from South Africa) for a fresh start and to allow my wife »
Home Assisatnt + ESP Easy + DHT11 = :)
Today I would like to look into an awesome project called ESPEasy and how one may use it to publish temperature data collected via a DHT11 »
Arduino Basics: LDR
This is the first (in the hopes of many) Arduino Basics posts that I am planning to do. My goal today is to read the value »
Monitoring a Door with Home Assistant
Today I would like to cover setting up alerts through Home Assistant when my kitchen door is opened. In the future this will be used with »
Sonoff & MQTT Example (Lounge Light)
A while back I got brave and changed the firmware on the Sonoff switch connected to my lounge light in to use it in my home »
Monitoring Temperature with MQTT and Home Assistant
Today I will be looking at collecting and presenting temperature and humidity published by a couple of DHT11 & ESP8266 microcontrollers around the house. The code »
Monitoring my Gate with Home Assistant for under $5
Today I would like to cover some simple security related monitoring in Home Assistant using the below components for under $5.00: Reed switch ESP8266 module »
Monitoring Phone Battery with OwnTracks & Home Assistant
Following on a previous post I would like to extend the functionality of Home Assistant using the OwnTracks plugin to get an idea of how full »
Monitoring Host System with Home Assistant
Today I am going to be covering the system monitor sensor for Home Assistant, specifically how to use it to monitor the underlying host computer (or »