Home Assistant Face Recognition (Facebox Step-by-step Guide)
Did you know that Home Assistant can give your doorbell super powers? Proximity sensors are so last season! Get your doorbell to recognise the person at the door and send…
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Home Assistant Telegram Bot Example (Tutorial With Pictures)
Are you the type of person who would love to have a butler or servant to do all of your bidding? Sure you can turn your lights on in the…
Super-Tiny Wemos D1 Mini Web Server (Step-by-Step Tutorial)
You may already know that the ubiquitous ESP8266 is designed to connect to WiFi, but did you know it can also act as a web server? In this tutorial we…
Easily Update ESP8266 Devices OTA With The Arduino IDE
ESP8266 WiFi devices can be conveniently flashed over the air (OTA) using the Arduino IDE. All that is required is a little additional code in the sketch in order to…
Arduino To IFTTT Using Webhooks (Step-by-step Tutorial)
As the IFTTTWebhooks Arduino library is now deprecated and no longer works, I thought I would make my own solution. After several hours of research I have put together a…
Add Wemos D1 Mini To Arduino IDE And Connect To WiFi
The Wemos D1 Mini is a must-have for any maker due to its versatility and low cost. You can make a WiFi temperature sensor for your smart home for the…
The Ultimate Home Assistant DIY Thermostat Guide For Single Or Multiple Zone Heating
Why spends hundreds on a smart thermostat when Home Assistant has the power to control all of the necessary hardware and it's absolutely free?! I agree that the Google Nest…
How To Flash Sonoff Tasmota With An Arduino Uno And ESPTool
So you need to flash Tasmota on to your device but your dog ate your FTDI adapter? There are many different ways that we can flash Tasmota to our device,…
How To Simulate A Sunrise With Home Assistant
It is possible to simulate a sunrise in Home Assistant using a simple script and smart bulb. We can trigger this script at any time so that a beautiful sunrise…
