Smart Home Pursuits
  • Home
  • Self Hosted
    • Dashboards
    • Docker
    • Media Applications
    • Raspberry Pi
  • Smart Home
    • Sysadmin
    • Smartthings
    • Home Assistant
      • Lovelace
      • Integrations
  • 3d Printing
  • Equipment List
  • Contact
  • Product Finder
Smart Home Pursuits
  • Home
  • Self Hosted
    • Dashboards
    • Docker
    • Media Applications
    • Raspberry Pi
  • Smart Home
    • Sysadmin
    • Smartthings
    • Home Assistant
      • Lovelace
      • Integrations
  • 3d Printing
  • Equipment List
  • Contact
  • Product Finder
Category:

Home Assistant

Home AssistantIntegrationsLovelaceSmart Home

How to add a Xiaomi Mi Scale to Home Assistant

by Danny June 12, 2022
by Danny June 12, 2022

READING TIME: 13 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to add a smart scale to Home Assistant to using an ESP32 board flashed with ESPHOME. The Xiaomi Mi Scale 2 was…

Read more
Home AssistantIntegrationsLovelaceSmart Home

Configure Bond Bridge integration in Home Assistant to Control Ceiling Fans

by Danny June 6, 2022
by Danny June 6, 2022

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to configure & integrate the Bond Bridge integration into Home Assistant. Once integrated, you can control your ceiling fan lights, turn the…

Read more
Home AssistantIntegrationsLovelaceSmart Home

How To Make A “Dumb” Ceiling Fan Smart with Bond Bridge

by Danny June 6, 2022
by Danny June 6, 2022

READING TIME: 13 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to turn your regular ceiling fan into a wifi-controlled “smart” ceiling fan. To do this, you’ll need to purchase a ceiling fan…

Read more
Home AssistantIntegrationsLovelaceSmart Home

Super Clean Robot Vacuum+Mop Card for Home Assistant

by Danny May 31, 2022
by Danny May 31, 2022

READING TIME: 10 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you everything you need to do to create a Vacuum Control Card in Home Assistant to view or control your robot vacuum and mop.…

Read more
Home AssistantIntegrationsSmart Home

Convert Text to Speech using Home Assistant & Download Recordings

by Danny May 8, 2022
by Danny May 8, 2022

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to convert text-to-speech using Home Assistant. We all know that you can send a custom message using a Home Assistant automation. But,…

Read more
Home AssistantLovelaceSmart Home

How To Create Steam Card in Home Assistant

by Danny April 29, 2022
by Danny April 29, 2022

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to setup a Home Assistant card using the Steam integration. This will let you view things such as the online status, the…

Read more
Home AssistantLovelaceSmart Home

Create Recurring Tasks in Home Assistant

by Danny April 11, 2022
by Danny April 11, 2022

READING TIME: 9 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to create recurring tasks in Home Assistant. For example, if you are looking to keep track of things such as: HVAC filter…

Read more
Home AssistantLovelaceSmart Home

How To Create a Mushroom Card Grid Dashboard in Home Assistant

by Danny March 23, 2022
by Danny March 23, 2022

READING TIME: 8 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to install and configure a beautiful dashboard using Mushroom Cards. After I show you some of the example cards, I’ll…

Read more
Home AssistantIntegrationsLovelaceSmart Home

Part 5: Roborock S7: Sequentially Vacuuming Rooms in Home Assistant

by Danny March 18, 2022
by Danny March 18, 2022

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to create an automation that will sequentially (asynchronously) vacuum rooms in Home Assistant. If you’ve been following along with my…

Read more
Home AssistantIntegrationsSmart Home

How To Use Trigger ID’s in Home Assistant

by Danny March 16, 2022
by Danny March 16, 2022

READING TIME: 8 MINUTESTrigger ID’s are a relatively new feature to Home Assistant Automations. Trigger ID’s can be used to cut down on the total number of automations you have. However, some…

Read more
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 10

My Equipment List

  • Server Gear
  • SmartHome Gear

Categories

  • 3d Printing (3)
  • Self Hosted (55)
    • Dashboards (11)
    • Docker (22)
    • Gaming (2)
    • Media Server (22)
    • Raspberry Pi (8)
  • Smart Home (113)
    • Home Assistant (99)
      • Integrations (74)
      • Lovelace (39)
    • Smartthings (12)
  • Sysadmin (42)

About Me

Hey there! I'm Danny, owner and writer of Smart Home Pursuits. I've worked as an IT Manager for 8 years and enjoy using my knowledge to make my smart home "smarter".

SmartHomePursuits.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.