Hey everyone, I just got my brand new Raspberry Pi 3 B+ starter Kit that I got from Canakit. Since I have a lot of things going on my Home Assistant installation, I needed a small upgrade, which will be done with that small computer. Take a look at the […]
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As discussed in Controlling LED Strips – The easy way (Part 1), I need to control at least 7 different RGB LED Strips with an Arduino. Options with PWM or pre-built WiFi modules were a bit to long / costly. So why don’t we use the IR modules that comes with […]
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4 years ago when we moved in our new house, the electricity bill was pretty high. So one of the first things we changed to reduce this was the thermostats. One of my requirements was to be able to control Sinope thermostats with Python (then Alexa, Google Assistant, Home Assistant). […]
Continue ReadingOver the years I bought a lot of LED strips to add almost everywhere … But since I didn’t want to have 44-keys remotes at each corners of my house and that I also want to have them available on power outage, I came up with a different plan to […]
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Before starting to present the new features I add the my setup, let me show the Home Assistant Complete Setup I have. In the last years, I tried different things from a complete custom infrastructure built over a Django application I wrote, to HomeGenie then Home Assistant. HomeGenie has an […]
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 […]
