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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

Automation

How to Create a Fun Notification Automation with Random Messages in Home Assistant

If you want your smart home notifications to feel a little more personal and fun, adding random messages to your automations is a great trick! Instead of always sending the…

Lars 02/05/2025

Automation

Troubleshooting PSA add-on with Home Assistant Automation

The PSA add-on (discussed in detail on roenning.net) is useful for managing your DS3 and other compatible vehicles. However, one recurring issue with the add-on is its occasional unreliability. Users…

Lars 07/01/2025

Automation

Remember your waste

It is not always as easy to remember which rubbish should be collected when. Often there is an emptying plan that you have to deal with. One week cardboard/paper is…

Lars 25/06/2023

Automation

Fire alarm

If you have an intelligent fire alarm, then it goes without saying to create good automation for these in Home Assistant. Not only should the fire alarm beep loudly and…

Lars 19/05/2023

Integration

Plugin Anniversaries

We had a need to have a simple overview of birthdays for family and friends. The goal of entering this in Home Assistant is to be able to create automation…

Lars 19/02/2022

Automation

Random quote

How about starting the day with a random quote, or getting encouragement after a workout?With the help of the automation in Home Assistant, this is possible to implement.In this example,…

Lars 08/01/2022

Automation

Automation for entering and leaving Zones

Sometimes it would be nice to get a notification when someone enters or leaves a Zone. An example could be that a person leaves home, or a person enters school.…

Lars 04/01/2022