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| | I used to have Wink set up, managing some smart home devices throughout our house. I liked it because the app UI was quite nicely done, and it seemed to be compatible with "everything"....
| | irq5.io
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| | The advantage of Zigbee devices is that they are very low power, and they communicate in a wireless mesh network. The sensors are small and can work off a CR2032 coin cell for at least 2 years, maybe more. Depending on the type of sensor, they cost around US$10 and are readily available from various...
| | nikdoof.com
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| | I've operated a relatively simple Home Assistant installation for the past 3 or so years, for the longest time it comprised of a few Hue bulbs, a hub, and a very slow Optiplex FX160 running Home Assistant and a few other services. Much like any small pet project the scope creeped into its current form: 20 Hue devices 9 IKEA Tradfri devices. 3 Generic Zigbee sensors. 6 ESPHome Smart Plugs. 1 ESPHome "busylight". 2 ESPHome hacked IKEA air quality sensors. 3 Apple Home Pods (recently ousting some Echo devices). My home is quite automated. While people may think its a "Internet of Shit" for bored techies, it actually keeps us from doing dumb stuff like leaving the 3KW heater in the living room on all night. This simple automation actually pushed me to investigat...
| | andybradford.dev
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| Hello again! It's almost the end of the year, and I think it's a good moment once again to run through the various smart home things I shared and how they've panned out after the post were published. Bathroom Fan Last year, I shared how had used a Shelly Relay, Home assistant and some humidity...