Home Assistant

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…