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Tractive + Home Assistant: A Practical Guide to Smarter Pet Tracking

If you’ve already integrated Tractive with Home Assistant once, you probably remember how simple it was to get started. Log in, add the integration, and suddenly your pet shows up…

Lars 20/04/2026

Automation Integration

Starlink Integration in Home Assistant: Making Your Cottage Internet Smarter

When I first wrote about getting Starlink at the cottage, the focus was simple: reliable internet in a remote place. That alone felt like a small miracle compared to the…

Lars 16/04/2026

Automation Integration

Victron BLE Integration in Home Assistant

If you’re running a Victron-powered energy system and using Home Assistant, there’s a good chance you’ve already looked for a clean way to bring your battery data into your smart…

Lars 11/04/2026

Automation Integration

Tracking the Northern Lights with Home Assistant’s Aurora Integration

If you live anywhere in Northern Europe, you already know the feeling. There is a sudden alert. You make a quick glance outside. Maybe, just maybe, the sky lights up.…

Lars 08/04/2026

Automation Integration

Smarter Off-Grid Connectivity: Home Assistant, Starlink, and Victron Battery Monitoring

Reliable internet is a game changer, especially in off-grid or remote setups. With Starlink, you can get high-speed connectivity almost anywhere. But it comes at a cost: energy consumption. A…

Lars 31/03/2026

Automation Integration

Smart EV Charging with Home Assistant, Easee and Dynamic Energy Cost

Charging your electric car at home is convenient, but not always cheap. If you’re on a dynamic electricity tariff, the price per kWh changes throughout the day. That means when…

Lars 29/03/2026

Automation Integration

Supercharge Your European Smart Home: Automate Your Stellantis EV with Ecowitt Weather Data in Home Assistant

Imagine a cold, drizzly winter morning in Berlin, or a crisp, chilly evening in Lyon. You step outside. Your car’s cabin is already warm and defrosted. The battery is preconditioned…

Lars 25/03/2026

Integration Smart home Z-wave

Build Your European Smart Home: A Beginner’s Guide to Z-Wave, Zigbee & MQTT in Home Assistant

Welcome to your smart home journey! If you’re in Europe and have chosen Home Assistant as your brain, you’ve made a fantastic, privacy-focused decision. But where do you start? The…

Lars 21/03/2026