In this post, I will cover two topics:
- Comparison of TP-LINK HS200 smart wifi switch and GOSUND SWS5 smart wifi switch
- How to control humidity with nest thermostat and smart wifi swtich
1. Comparison of TP-LINK HS200 smart wifi switch and GOSUND SWS5 smart wifi switch
Recently I've purchased both a TP-LINK Kasa smart …
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If you've been thinking about building a smart home system, you're facing two major paths:
Purchase the ready-to-use systems like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomePod, or Samsung Smart Hub etc.
Build your own home automation system using open source system like Home Assistant or openHAB etc.
Starting a smart …
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Recently I've been investigating on setting up DIY private cloud infrastructure at home. Particularly I am looking at the following three options to start with:
My goal is pretty simple:
- To utilize my existing computing hardware: 1 intel NUC and 1 raspberry pi 3B
- High availability
- Easy …
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If you live in the urban area and need to pick up someone regularly, e.g. a family member off work or kid from school, a simple alarm on your smart phone might work out for you but not the best solution. With the help of home assistant, we can make it much smarter by utilizing real-time traffic information and home …
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With the release of Home Assistant Core 2021.8, we no longer need grafana or influxdb to view real-time or historical energy usage in your home. I used to have a complex setup of a couple of separate docker containers only to achieve some simple energy monitoring tasks:
- Influxdb container to store timed data from home …
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