There are many reasons people build a smart home. Some want lower energy costs. Some want better security. Some want advanced dashboards with graphs, sensors,…
Smart home ecosystems are evolving quickly, and two technologies are now at the center of that evolution: Thread and Matter. If you are using Home…
When people first discover Powercalc, they usually use it to estimate the power consumption of a few smart lights or a television. That’s a great…
A modern 3D printer is already a surprisingly smart piece of equipment. It knows what it is printing, how far the print has progressed, which…
Home Assistant is great at turning lights on, optimizing energy usage, and telling you that the living room temperature is exactly 21.3 °C. But sometimes,…
Building a smart fire safety system in Home Assistant is only half the job. The real value comes when you can trust it. And trust…
In Part 1, we focused on the fundamentals of integrating smoke detectors with Home Assistant and building a basic emergency response system. That setup already…
If you have Eufy cameras, doorbells, HomeBase devices or other Eufy hardware connected to Home Assistant, there is a new project that is worth paying…