For the last month of the Year, Home Assistant is delivering yet another version packed with new features. From Matter to Local Calendar, without forgetting State colors, a lot of improvement was just released. Release Notes As always, every new features and changes can be found in the Home Assistant’s […]
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Today, AliExpress is running their single’s day (November 11th) and that gives us, smart home enthousiasts, a lot of great deals to add new devices and projects to our houses. So I digged into AliExpress to find some geat opportuinities that I listed bellow. Enjoy ! BONUS ! Every devices […]
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In this project, we’ll see how to control our garage door with Home Assistant and ESPHome for less than 20$ !
Continue ReadingPrime Day is finally here ! Most of us are waiting the biggest Amazon event since July.Everyone knows that we can find great deals in tech stuff, but it’s also a good time to get parts, tools and everything we need for our upcoming projects. So, here are the best […]
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There is multiple ways to configure your ESPHome nodes and to update them. From the command line, Tasmotizer and the other options, the most user-friendly is certainly the ESPHome Add-On (At least if you’re using Home Assistant). So here is how to get started with ESPHome Add-On. Installation Since few […]
Continue ReadingIn this project, we’ll see how to control WS2812B LED strip with a Sonoff Basic using ESPHome. Once configured, it can be controlled and automated with Home Assistant. If you like this project, please don’t forget to Like and Subscribe ! Here are the other episode of the series : […]
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After the Sonoff Basic and the Sonoff 4CH Pro, we’re now flashing the MagicHome RGB LED Controller to install the ESPHome firmware on it. With this device, we can control the color, the intensity and the effects applied to the LED strip. So here are the details to have it […]
Continue Readinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lldSKzded0 In this tutorial, we’ll see how to flash a Sonoff 4ch Pro R2 to install the ESPHome firmware. This IOT device has a lot of hardware : 4 switches, 4 Relays, 1 LED and 3 GPIO available for sensors ! And, as always, adding it to Home Assistant is […]
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https://youtu.be/4Q3whVVVwYw ESPHome is a great way to start DIY IOT. Thus, it can also be installed on existing devices like smart lights, plugs, power strip and more. In this tutorial, we’ll see how to use, configure and install ESPHome on a Sonoff Basic. What is ESPHome ? ESPHome is an […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKcqQhdHCWw In this tutorial, we’ll see how to connect sensor HC-SR04 with an Arduino. As a test project with this sensor, we’ll create a small parking assistant which will display if a car is too near, too far or in the expected distance range. Please don’t forget to like, share […]
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