esp32 & esp8266
Turn Escape Room Puzzles into Home Assistant Devices with ESP32
Two open source Arduino libraries turn escape room puzzles into Home Assistant devices over MQTT. Here's the parts list and the I2C wiring to…
iot & smart home
Raspberry Pi Runs Home Assistant to Track Its Own Net Zero Goal
Raspberry Pi clamped sensors on every breaker and ran Home Assistant on Pi 4 and Pi 5 to cut energy use. Here is how…
esp32 & esp8266
LocalDot: Give an Echo Dot a Local Home Assistant Brain
AAElectronics' LocalDot swaps an Echo Dot's mainboard for an ESP32-P4 and ESP32-S3 that talk only to Home Assistant. Here's how it works and how…
esp32 & esp8266
ESPHome Firmware Cuts the Litter-Robot 4 Free From the Cloud
A PIC runs the motors, an ESP32 just bridges Wi-Fi to UART. Reflash that ESP32 with ESPHome and the litter box answers to Home…
esp32 & esp8266
ESPHome Starter Kit: ESP32-C6 Smart Home, Zero Soldering
Apollo Automation and the Open Home Foundation shipped a $40 ESP32-C6 kit that gets a local smart-home sensor node running without a single solder…
diy projects
Louder ESP32: A $50 Multi-Room Audio Amp That Rivals Sonos
A $24 ESP32-S3 board with an onboard Class-D amp, a USB-PD trigger set to 20V, and Music Assistant add up to a networked stereo…
esp32 & esp8266
OpenMote Turns Your Old Wii Remote Into an ESP32 Smart Home Hub
A team gutted a dusty Wii Remote and dropped in an ESP32-S3 board, so the old wand can now fire Home Assistant scenes and…
esp32 & esp8266
ESP-KVM Turns an ESP32-P4 Into a $45 Open-Source IP KVM
A locked-up PC with no monitor nearby? ESP-KVM runs on an ESP32-P4 and hands you keyboard, mouse, and screen control from a browser for…
iot & smart home
A Raspberry Pi and YOLOv8 Read This Gas Meter Automatically
Cian Gallagher trained a YOLOv8 Nano model on a Raspberry Pi 4 to read his gas meter automatically and log it to Home Assistant.…
diy projects
This Raspberry Pi Arcade Cabinet Exists Only for Chrome’s Dino Game
A maker turned Chrome's offline dino game into a real arcade cabinet powered by a Raspberry Pi 3, one 24mm button, FullPageOS, and a…
microcontrollers
Olimex PICO-EVB Turns a Raspberry Pi Pico Into a Mini-PLC
Olimex PICO-EVB turns a Raspberry Pi Pico into a real PLC: four 15A relays, optoisolated inputs, and Home Assistant support for about $17.
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Renter-Safe DIY Smart Curtains with ESP32, AS5600 & Home Assistant
An ESP32, an AS5600 angle sensor, and clever 3D-printed gears turn ordinary curtains into a removable, renter-safe smart-home upgrade.