All things Geeky
The area view on my home assistant dashboard gives me quick access to each room or area of the house. The cards on this dashboard have metrics from several different integrations: RTSP Camera Streams from Eufy cameras Ring Alarm, Doorbell, Cameras and various Z-Wave sensors (Door/Window Sensor, Smoke/CO detector, Motion Sensor) TP-link Kasa smart switches […]
This Home Assistant dashboard view covers everything related to my car. I’m still amazed at how much data is available through the unofficial Tesla API. This view gives me quick access to everything I want to know about my car and control it remotely. Integrations Tesla Teslamate (Self-hosted data logger) through MQTT NFC Tags MyQ […]
A whole view dedicated to my daughter and her Nursery. Amazon Alexa Eufy camera Zigbee buttons, temperature, humidity, and motion sensor Tile tracker Attached to the diaper bag or baby stroller Automations Temperature Alert Alert when the temperature in the Nursery is not optimal only if it’s occupied Baby is awake Alert Alert when baby […]
Introducing one of my Home Assistant dashboard views – Family. I am starting a new series of “Show and Tell” for some of the views I have created for my Home Assistant dashboard. I had to start with the family view because this is probably the first one I created when I started using HA. […]
The state of home automation has come a long way from when I started my home automation journey. This is what I had to do just a few years ago to simply control the lights in my house use an android app called Automate from Llamalab, which listens for “ok google” catchphrase Automate invokes relevant […]
Although this is a constant work in progress, I am going to try and summarize my home assistant setup. This will hopefully provide an overview of how I have organized the configurations and what custom components I use. My goal for this post is to help anyone get started with basic setup and use my […]
I always wanted to have energy monitoring for my house, but I had been putting this off because it seemed so intimidating for obvious reasons. The good news is there is no rewiring needed. I bought an Emporia Vue energy monitor which installs in the home’s electrical panel using CT sensor clamps that go around […]
When I became a dad, I wanted to track my daughter’s sleep quality without any intrusive way and without buying any additional trackers. We were already using a Snoo smart sleeper that is a responsive bassinet that adds sleep by responding to a baby’s cries with white noise and motion to soothe fussing. The important […]
If you are wondering what this ugly-looking thing is, it’s the multisensor I made using some electronic components I already had from previous DIY projects. As I started getting into the Smart home hobby, I quickly realized how expensive it gets with so many sensors I have to place around the house (e.g. motion, temperature, […]
As I am integrating more and more services I use on the daily basis with Home Assistant, I was a little disappointed that there is no existing integration for my favorite personal finance application. Upon some research, I found out this was something considered for Home Assistant core components but later removed because it had […]
