Posts in Home Assistant

How To Easily Use Multiple Smart Bulbs In One Fixture

Posted on 23rd Jul 2020 22:56:00 in Home Assistant, IoT, Smart

Some use cases for smart bulbs involve lamps with multiple sockets. These situations can present some interesting problems, such as figuring out how to use multiple smart bulbs in one fixture within your smart home software. Normally, they all appear as individual lights and turning off the lamp involves using multiple switches. Find out how to easily put multiple bulbs under the same light to make controlling them a breeze!

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Getting Started with DIY Smart Home Tech for Cheap

Posted on 22nd Jul 2020 18:14:32 in DIY, Home Assistant, IoT, Smart

Smart homes are becoming more and more popular and with the "Internet of Things" (IoT) quickly gaining traction you might be wondering how you can get a piece of this futuristic pie. One of the common problems when starting a smart home is that there are so many different options that it can be overwhelming to know which one you should choose. Today we're going to cover an excellent choice when it comes to DIY smart home technology - one that is free, open to many completely different vendors, and easy to let your imagination run wild with. Learn how to use Home Assistant to get started on your smart home adventure...

Raspberry Pi which can be the brain of your home for cheap

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How To Use Meross Smart Devices As Cheap Offline IoT

Posted on 20th Jul 2020 03:47:32 in DIY, Home Assistant, IoT, Smart, Tutorial

When it comes to smart devices, Meross has been my choice for multiple projects due to their excellent construction and very competitive prices. The biggest problem with these devices, as with many other readily available smart devices is that any commands you send will go over the internet, to some remote server, only to come back to your local network. Find out how I got these readily available devices to work without any internet connection using Home Assistant...

A Meross Lamp

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