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www.thoughtasylum.com
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| | | | Earlier this year we finished converting our garage into a home office. As part of this effort we replaced all of the electrics. For the lighting I asked the electrician to install Zigbee compatible spot lighting (I don't have a lot of head space, so small recessed lighting was essential). The bulbs he installed were dimmable, but the switch he installed was a simple Zigbee on/off switch. After discovering this and having had a clear couple of conversations on the requirements I decided to replace the switch for a dimmable one. My first attempt went nowhere, the switch simply either functioning as a simple on/off or not at all (the instructions for that one were absolute garbage), but my second choice of switch succeeded and gave us a Zigbee light switch that allowed us to dim the lights. But I hit a problem. Home Assistant didn't support it and so I embarked on an exercise to get it working. | |
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vninja.net
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| | | | I've been running [Home Asssistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/) (HA) in my network for well over a year now, and it's primary use case has been connecting devices from different ecosystems into one management interface. Lately I have been migrating a few automations from native HA to [Node-RED](https://github.com/hassio-addons/addon-node-red), which has been a fun exercise, and I'm looking to expand the usage of automations in the time to come. **My mantra for this setup is that everything that can be automated, should be automated, while at the same time keeping it as simple and unobtrusive as possible for everyone in the household.** | |
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www.theverge.com
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| | | | Home Assistants Zigbee and Thread dongle SkyConnect gave me an excuse to dismantle my smart home and rebuild it. No more Philips Hue hubs or Elgato apps are needed to control my home. | |
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austinmorlan.com
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| | I've owned a lot of gaming hardware throughout my life. The NES was technically my first gaming console but the SNES is where my gaming journey really began. I had a Sega Genesis at one point but barely played it. After that came the N64 and the PS1. I had a GameCube but was more interested in the PS2, Xbox, and Dreamcast. And finally the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and Wii U. |