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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

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

Building a Smarter Lawn: Home Assistant with Worx Landroid and Ecowitt

A robot lawn mower is one of those upgrades that quietly improves everyday life. It saves time, keeps your lawn tidy, and works on its own schedule. But out of…

Lars 27/03/2026

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

Automation

5 Home Assistant Automations for a Smarter, Cozier Home

Living in Norway means embracing dramatic seasons: endless summer daylight and deep, dark winters. coupled with some high electricity prices. This unique environment makes a local, powerful, and flexible smart…

Lars 19/03/2026

Automation Home Automation Smart home

Tips and tricks in Home Assistant

Mastering Your Smart Home: Essential Tips and Tricks for Home Assistant Home Assistant (HA) is the open-source powerhouse at the heart of countless smart homes. Its flexibility is its greatest…

Lars 12/03/2026

Automation Smart home WiFi

Monitoring Water Tank Levels with M5Stack Atom and HX711 in Home Assistant

Keeping track of water levels in a tank can be a simple yet highly useful automation project. In this post, I'll demonstrate how to build a smart water tank monitor.…

Lars 26/09/2025