AI is a topic that is becoming increasingly relevant.More and more AI functions are also being incorporated into Home Assistant.I recently took a look at the local LLM Ollama.For those who are not fam...
More and more ideas are sprouting up about how AI can be put to good use. Some people use it to write poetry or improve their business email writing skills. I, however, want to put an end to the tires...
Many of you would surely like to use Home Assistant as a voice assistant and be able to address it anywhere in the house, just like IronMan. In this article, I will explain how you can control Home As...
In my last post, I explained how you can easily build your own voice assistant. However, I noticed that my speech was often not understood, or words were recognised that I hadn’t said. At first,...
I have integrated two Tapo IP cameras into my smart home. These are currently available on Amazon* for less than 25 Euro. I mostly use the cameras to see what the cats are up to when no one is at home...
I recently watched this video and thought it was a great idea to use an LED strip as a visual timer. In the video, Paul says that it took forever to set up. He also only has fixed timers, and it looks...
Making dumb devices smart is probably the favourite hobby of every smart home nerd. I recently integrated a fill level indicator for the automatic feeder into Home Assistant. I achieved this with an E...
Pausing the television when the Alexa timer rings is one of my favourite automations. All you need is an Amazon Echo device*, with Alexa Media Player integration from HACS in Home Assistant, and a tel...
Many of you are probably familiar with the bring! app. This is probably the best shopping list app currently available. In addition to the classic shopping list, data is synchronised across multiple d...
In this post, I would like to show you how I monitor the Surefeed* food bowl in Home Assistant. Surefeed* food bowls can read the chips implanted in pets and open automatically so that only the right ...