smart home
Step into my smart home journey with Home Assistant, IoT devices, maker projects, and creative home automation.
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From e-waste to smart wall panels: I built my own app with AI in two chat sessions
Nine cheap Android panels were gathering dust on my walls. Then I had a shower thought. Two GitHub Copilot sessions later, I have a fully working smart home panel system with Sonos grouping, media browsing, and more.
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Smart dog training buttons
TBC
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Can you IoT an Airwick air freshener?
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Turn lights on and off when Windows 10 is locked or unlocked
Bridging Windows lock and unlock events to Home Assistant via Task Scheduler, a tiny VBScript wrapper, PowerShell, and the Home Assistant REST API so my desk lights follow my presence.
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Turn lights on and off with Windows Hello
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Battery powered portable Sonos Play:1
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Philips Hue LED kit extension lead hack
Adding Hue lighting under our kitchen cupboards meant working around the kit's fixed lengths. Rather than buy two full kits, I hacked together my own six-core extension lead.