…Running Home Assistant on a Pi (or a mini PC) means I need to decide how the smart hub communicates with the smart devices. I needed to plan for those rules in…
…One compact PC, the Fujitsu, would be tasked with running Jellyfin , Homepage, Home Assistant , Nextcloud , and Frigate , taking advantage of the available SATA port for a large surveillance hard drive. The Intel…
…from installing the firmware to configuring it in Home Assistant. This setup time and minimal effort surprised me since I had spent several days reading about Bluetooth proxies. I fretted over the…
…up was a cakewalk thanks to the QoL integrations on the Home Assistant Community Store. Kasa Smart Plug Ultra Mini $9 $10 Save $1 $9 at Amazon If I remove the $10…
…Related 9 Docker containers that run 24/7 on my $100 mini PC Maximum value budget homelab. The subscription creep is real Just one more app, they said... My household isn't…
…He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him inside a chassis somewhere. Sign in to your XDA account Home Assistant is the backbone…
…ESP32 links with the smart home’s protocols easily No dongles, no drivers Running a smart home platform with Home Assistant, which supports various protocols, makes it easy to connect different ESP32…
…Related I run my entire smart home from a single mini PC with Home Assistant If you'd have told me my smart home would be controlled from one box I wouldn…
…What it actually does Light automation and a smart home that finally feels smart I started with the obvious setup: installing Docker to isolate services, then setting up Home Assistant for automation…
…But as someone who manages everything from 3-2-1 backup nodes to Home Assistant instances in my family home, I consider my remote access tools just as important as my dashboards…
