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Home Assistant's best upgrade costs nothing, but it changes everything
…Toss in an ESP32, and you’ve got a reliable Bluetooth proxy that can pair everything from random speakers to something as unhinged as a smart toothbrush with your HASS hub. Got…
Microsoft keeps promising WSL will finally feel native, and I'm tired of waiting
…My home lab runs a Proxmox host with a handful of VMs running various services, a Raspberry Pi 4, and a few ESP32 boards. These devices run 24/7 and behave exactly…
Network segmentation is the smart home security step nobody talks about
…Then come the pairing steps for several Bluetooth and Matter devices, flashing custom firmware on ESP32 boards to build Bluetooth proxies , and a dozen other smart devices. You have gone out of…
5 boring Home Assistant automations I’d set up before trying AI control
…Doors and windows auto-locking routines Check if any are left open A magnetic reed switch can be directly connected to Home Assistant via an ESP32 board and ESPHome firmware. Your automation…
Your old Android phone has a sensor suite that most IoT devices can only dream of
…A standard ESP32-based IoT sensor node requires soldering , a case, a power supply, and even lacks a screen, but your old phone has all of that, plus a high-resolution camera…
My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup
…I currently use an ESP32 as a Bluetooth proxy for my Home Assistant, but you can do the same with most smartphones. If you’ve got a 3D printer, you can create…
I stopped recommending the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4, and here's why
…For IoT projects, the ESP32 microcontrollers cost less than $10 and can handle a surprising variety of tasks. Related My Raspberry Pi is at its best when it does exactly one thing…
Retrofitting old appliances is the smart home upgrade that actually makes sense
…smart capabilities are more resilient, more affordable, align better with how homes actually work and how long people actually keep their appliances. ESP32 Brand AITRIP Connectivity Features UART, USB $9 at Amazon
Home Assistant finally replaced Google Home when I stopped trusting the cloud with my smart home
…I installed Zigbee2MQTT integration, followed by a Mosquitto server , and HACS to access more community-developed integrations. ESPHome integration lets me build and flash custom firmware on ESP32-based sensors directly in…