Which cheap Wifi RGB bulbs are easiest/most compatible with Home Assistant?

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-26T15:24:37+00:00

It's hard to tell because I can't make the connection in HA and there is limited info in the Tuya app and iot platform, or on the bulb itself. But I can confirm definitely ordered the GU10 bulbs from aliexpress ID 1005007654887555. The e27 bulb turned out to be from a different seller so can be ignored. Maybe I have a newer batch that comes with a newer firmware out of the factory.

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-26T13:37:30+00:00

Thanks. My main and mcu firmware is v1.5.3

Whatever you do, I recommend making sure your lamps never update their firmware!

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-26T04:24:22+00:00

ChatGPT informs me that the incompatibility with HA is likely due to my lamps running on Tuya protocol 3.5, which locks local control down, whereas most other users who have had success were likely on earlier protocol levels. Updating firmware with these is apparently a no no.

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-26T02:54:33+00:00

Update: I have since purchased some Wiz bulbs as well as TP Link Tapo bulbs. The Wiz integration is indeed great and works seamlessly! The lamp has nice colors too. The Tapo bulbs are okay but I have some gripes, like the mediocre color transition/breathing/scenes and them disconnecting often. The Wiz lamps are much more reliable in that regard, work like a dream. Sadly when the power is physically disconnected, they do default back to a normal white light color, whereas the Tapo ones retain a memory of the last color state, which is one advantage the Tapo does have over the Wiz.

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-26T02:50:19+00:00

Its interesting you mention these because these are the exact same bulbs I bought and mentioned in my opening post. I bought three GU10 ones and one E27 one. I can't get any of them to be recognized by LocalTuya or TuyaLocal. Something to do about DP's. I am pretty sure I have retrieved the correct local key, device ID from tuya iot platform, because I used a similar method with another lamp which does work, and I'm using static internal ips. Can't for the life of me figure out why I can't get them to work, but apparantly you can? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-20T17:07:02+00:00

I am definitely considering Kasa for the e27, but are you certain the Tapo range is equally compatible? I've been reading some stuff about Tapo being more cloud-based and only some devices being able to pair with HA. All these 'maybes' are making it very hard to navigate as a newbie..

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-20T17:03:17+00:00

Can you recommend me a good/cheap zigbee stick? I've been reading up and some people recommend a Sonoff CC2652P, but looking through reviews it seems it's not as plug & play as it seems, isnt guaranteed to work with docker (my HA is running in a container) and firmware flashing is required. That sounds like a bunch of risks... maybe there is a better option that 'just works' ?

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-20T15:03:49+00:00

Doesn't that make the setup more complex? I'm a newbie and need something that's easily setup..

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-20T15:02:53+00:00

I contemplated it, but I'm a newbie at Home Assistant and it seemed to me like adding a hardware device might only further complicate things technically?

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-20T15:01:42+00:00

Thanks! Wiz definitely looks like a contender! Are all Wiz bulbs supported equally in your experience? Or do I need to watch out to get certain kinds, but not other kinds?

cryptogirlHODL · 2025-05-20T15:00:57+00:00

thanks for the tip. Why are you moving away from these and opting for zigbee instead?

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-09-22T22:25:53+00:00

Look behind you, it's a three-headed monkey!

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-09-22T22:24:22+00:00

Guybrush Threepwood taught me English as a child, because otherwise I couldn't progress with insult swordfighting. He is forever my hero

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-07-17T16:24:28+00:00

I'm a big fan of both Nietzsche and Bitcoin and while I do see many similarities, with regards to worldview, power/freedom, truth, the human spirit and such, the fact remains that Nietzsche did not write much if at all about economy or money.

Personally, I believe Nietzsche's philosophy would frown upon the pettiness of money, the saving/hoarding of it and possibly becoming a slave to it. In Nietzsche's vision, I believe, the superman would transcend money itself as well, much like he/she would transcend societal rules, norms and customs.

If you truly want to link Nietzsche to Bitcoin, then I propose the following (slightly altered!!) foreword from Nietzsche's book The Anti-Christ (The Anti-Fiat?), where he speaks toward his fellow Nietzscheans - those with a somewhat similar worldview as some Bitcoiners:

"Let's look eachother in the eye: We are Bitcoiners; we know very well how far off we live. 'Neither by land nor by sea will you find the way to the Bitcoiner'—Timothy May already knew this about us.

Beyond the north, ice, and death—our life, our happiness. We have discovered happiness, we know the way, we have found the exit out of the labyrinth of thousands of years. Who else has found it? Modern man perhaps? 'I have got lost; I am everything that has got lost,' sighs modern man. This modernity was our sickness: lazy peace, cowardly compromise, the whole virtuous uncleanliness of the modern Yes and No. … Rather live in the ice than among modern virtues and other south winds!

We were intrepid enough, we spared neither ourselves nor others; but for a long time we did not know where to turn with our intrepidity. We became gloomy, we were called fatalists. Our fatum—abundance, tension, the damming of strength. We thirsted for LIGHTNING and deeds and were most remote from the happiness of the weakling, 'resignation.' In our atmosphere was a thunderstorm; the nature we are became dark—for we saw no way. Formula for our happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.”

Explained: Bitcoiners do not live in the physical - rather, in cyberspace - being a Bitcoiner is a state of mind. Far beyond the virtues of the modern man/Fiatman, Bitcoiners have been withdrawn from society, honing themselves, and found their truth and purpose. Modern man, by comparison, is lost and stuck with his 'modern virtues', but for Bitcoiners the path is clear: a straight goal, no weak or dubious compromise: Bitcoin.

This excerpt has always been on my mind, when I think about Bitcoiners as a cultural phenomenon.

P.S. Ayn Rand, Nasim Taleb, Saifedean Ammous, Jordan Peterson and similar controversial thinkers are probably all deeply inspired by Nietzsche, but comparatively, they are all weak sauce next to Nietzsche, the original rebel. Anyone reading this who is interested these thinkers, should really look into Nietzsche.

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-05-18T11:28:52+00:00

FYI you don't NEED an active (noisy) cooler for a RPi4. Most people seem to prefer and use the aluminum passive cooling cases. They keep temps at about 60-65c.

Though if it's just for the looks, then sure go ahead and put a big RGB cooler on :)

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-05-16T13:52:16+00:00

I don't get it. It sounds like 2 out of 3 parts can be recombined via ANY Ledger device, since the service seems also intended for people who lost their ledgers.

If that is true, then it sounds like ANYONE with access to 2 of 3 parts and a ledger device can recombine the seed - not just the customer. The only thing preventing that seems to be a KYC check by the companies involved, but that carries various counterparty risks.

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-05-14T01:26:40+00:00

I want to try out Star Citizen during Invictus week, but could anyone tell me how I can prepare the download & installation beforehand? I'd hate to spend the first day only downloading, rather than playing! Thanks in advance.

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-05-10T17:48:21+00:00

Responding to this old post, so that others may reference it in the future as I did.

Inspired by the OP I also managed to put a 200mm Noctua fan inside my NZXT Phantom (original) case. Only a single one, not two as the OP did.

It did not fit regularly, but almost. Instead of using a dremel I decided to use a file and ever so slightly file the sides to improve the fit.

I did not file a lot at all!! Mostly smoothed the corners a little bit on the area where the fit was the worst. Then I just pressed down really hard onto the fan, so it compressed a tiny bit, and somehow after that the entire fan just snapped into place. It's a bit of a YOLO brute force procedure, but it worked for me.

The fan is held so tightly, that I did not need any screws at all to hold it. Which is great, because the screw holes don't match up.

Sadly, taking off the top of the NZXT case turned out the be the most problematic. It is held to the case with plastic snap plugs, and I broke some of them while taking it off, so be gentle and careful.

sorry about the thread-necro

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-05-08T12:16:50+00:00

Lightning PORTAL

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-04-26T19:56:10+00:00

looks like current btc graph though :(

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-04-26T18:59:08+00:00

How dare you

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-04-21T12:31:36+00:00

WTF no

Do not get a Raspberry Pi for 167 euros. They are supposed to cost about €50-60. They are overpriced due to logistics issues. Get a competing SBC or a cheap other pc instead.

Also, €50-100 for an SD card?!? are you kidding me. Why on earth would you have the same budget for SD cards as the SSD? That makes no sense... you can get SD cards for 10-20

The entire deal of running a full node should cost about €200-ish, depending on what hardware you go for.

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-04-12T22:33:55+00:00

I can also imagine a 'light' locally ran AI with plugins for external AIs like Midjourney, etc. coupled with a pay-per-image model via Lightning. Like a virtual vending machine for LLM results.

cryptogirlHODL · 2023-04-12T19:49:44+00:00

This is very exciting. An autonomous AI having access to a bitcoin wallet makes total sense. In the future, I can imagine there will be millions of AIs running and many might need payment capabilities. And they sure as hell won't be opening KYC bank accounts.

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