By using DuckDNS, you can reach you Home Assistant instance from outside your network – instead of using http://homeassistant.local:8123 you can use http://yoursubdomain.duckdns.org:8123 from anywhere.Using a static IP costs more, …
Home Assistant helpers – toggle several entities as a button
You can create a button to toggle several entities in Home Assistant. A toggle helper is really useful as it is an entity that can be toggled from automations and …
Install Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi – Quick guide
Installing home assistant on a Raspberry Pi is really simple. The Official recommended way is to use Home Assistant Operating System (HA OS). Things you will need: A Raspberry Pi, …
How to split a hard drive (Make a partition) using Windows Disk management tool
Dividing disk space is known as disk partitioning. For partitioning purpose, we divide one physical hard drive into separate volumes. Generally, hard disk drives come from factory with only one …
Home assistant Must have add-ons
Home Assistant has many official and community add-ons, some of them are absolutely mandatory if you want to have the best functionality for your smart home. We’ve picked the best …
Shelly.cloud smart products and their applications – comparison table
Shelly are one of the fastest growing IoT brands in the world with devices, providing solutions for home and buildings smart automation. Their products works on wifi, using shelly app …
Fast setup of Shelly devices
Shelly devices are great for your smart home as they integrate to about anything! Here is a nice little guide to configure and get your device up and running. Step …
ESPHome Water leak detector With a D1 mini board
I’ve been trying to make a simple water leakage detector to put under my kitchen sink. I came out with a pretty simple solution with a simple probe and a …
Connect an Android TV device to your Home Assistant
This is how you can connect your Android TV devices using ADB to your Home assistant setup. This will require developer access to your device which can be easily activated. …
Create a DIY smart LED strip using ESPHome
This is how to create a simple smart LED using ESP Home using a small arduino library called fastled Stuff you will need: Individually addressable LED strip (like WS2812) A …