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How To Automatically Dim The Lights Using Home Assistant When Watching A Movie

It’s finally the weekend and you are ready for the big night in. Pizza, popcorn and a great movie are a superb way to relax, particularly when it is cold…

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Published February 19, 2020
Categorized as Home Assistant, Linux, Mac, Smart Home Ideas, Windows

How To Create A Template In Tasmota: The Dummies Guide

It is possible to create a custom template for Tasmota for a device that does not exist in the template repository by simply taking a systematic approach to finding the…

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Published February 17, 2020
Categorized as ESP8266, Linux, Mac, Tasmota, Windows

Easy Home Assistant WiFi Temperature Sensor

One of the easiest ways to make a temperature sensor for Home Assistant is to connect either a DHT11 or DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor to a Wemos D1 Mini.…

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Published February 16, 2020
Categorized as ESP8266, Home Assistant, Linux, Mac, Sensors, Tasmota, Windows

Can You Make Dumb Lamps Smart? (This Method Will SURPRISE You!)

Most websites will just tell you to put a smart bulb in an existing fixture… but what if there is another way? What if your favorite lamp doesn’t take a…

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Published February 15, 2020
Categorized as LEDs, Smart Home Ideas

What Happens If You Don’t Use A Resistor With a LED? Essential LED guide

It is acceptable to use a LED without a resistor, but some method of limiting the current must be used in order to prevent the device from being destroyed. Failure…

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Published February 14, 2020
Categorized as Electronic Essentials, LEDs

How To Flash Tasmota The Easy Way: A Guide To The Tasmotizer

The easiest way to flash Tasmota using the operating system of your choice is to download and run the Tasmotizier. Under the hood it uses the mighty ESPTool, but it…

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Published February 13, 2020
Categorized as Linux, Mac, Tasmota, Windows

Making Dumb Lights Smart (and NOT By The Way You Think…)

Most websites will just tell you to put a smart bulb in an existing fixture… but what if there is another way? What if your favorite lamp doesn’t take a…

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Published February 12, 2020
Categorized as LEDs, Smart Home Ideas

What Is Tasmota? An Introduction To A Cloud-Free Smart Home

So you heard all of the hype about Tasmota in the smart home community? You want to get in on the action but don’t quite know where to start? Well…

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Published February 11, 2020
Categorized as Tasmota

Tasmota Auto Discovery In Home Assistant (Easy Step-By-Step)

If you have landed here in this little corner of the internet, I am going to assume you already know what Tasmota is and what the benefits are to running…

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Published February 10, 2020
Categorized as Home Assistant, Linux, Mac, Tasmota, Windows

How To Flash ESP devices with Tasmota Using Raspberry Pi

This tutorial will cover all of the steps necessary to flash an ESP device with ESPTool using a Raspberry Pi. The device I shall be flashing is a MagicHome RGB…

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Published February 9, 2020
Categorized as ESP8266, Raspberry Pi, Tasmota

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