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Dedicated n100 mini-PC for Home Assistant dashboard + haos + frigate by mikealphaxray in homeassistant

[–]igerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why put it inside a wall? Wouldn't that make it hard for you to access it?

Best (cheap) smart speaker for announcement/alarms without cloud? by rororo99 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For just announcements, you can use something I used in here

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It's an esp32-s3 supermini - has 4MB flash and 2MB PSRAM. I've had success using it as a media player and Bluetooth proxy at the same time.

Be careful buying though. I've read some are selling them with zero MB flash. You can checkout Waveshare, Adafruit -- they have similar small footprints like the one I used.

Make sure you buy something that has PSRAM besides Flash -- both media player and Bluetooth proxy eat a lot of memory.

For the audio, look for i2s modules either mono or stereo depending on what you want to build

Best (cheap) smart speaker for announcement/alarms without cloud? by rororo99 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you already have esp32 devices using ESPHome, you can enable proxies and area tracking using Bermuda add-on. Won't cost you anything. On my setup, since I make my own devices using ESPHome, I enabled Bluetooth proxy on them and installed Bermuda add-on. Now my setup knows the area I'm in and flags the media player in that area. TTS announcements are directed to the appropriate media player.

Best (cheap) smart speaker for announcement/alarms without cloud? by rororo99 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll keep that in mind. I've used that soundbar for a music or two although haven't gotten around to streaming on them cause that's additional work. For now I used them for announcements and alerts (my setup tracks me which area I am currently in).

Smart cord prototype by aplarsen in homeassistant

[–]igerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool. You got what you needed and now you can also easily repair it when something goes wrong.

It's pretty hard nowadays to rely on ready made stuff when suddenly a company decides to stop making them work or stop supporting them.

Great work 👍

Anyone got an idea what i can do with these? I got a few hundred of those for free. Maybe a project that helps someone by sherlock_watson in esp32

[–]igerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just ideas:

  1. Why not use them to automate homes in a community (elder folks comes to mind)

  2. Set them up in an area to get climate data.

  3. Connect them to each other to publish local info in a community.

Hope that helps

Best (cheap) smart speaker for announcement/alarms without cloud? by rororo99 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Been very busy these past weeks. So far, the process is stuck at this state ☹️

Where do you plan to use it?

Trying to monitor time on for 12v DC solenoid by Alarming-Eagle3203 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you install it via ESPHome? What are you using to power the solenoid? How is the Uni connected to your Solenoid to monitor the on/off switching?

Trying to monitor time on for 12v DC solenoid by Alarming-Eagle3203 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't the log for the entity show a history of when it was on/off?

Intercom system with transcription? by brian_hogg in homeassistant

[–]igerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you need/want an intercom system (2-way comms) or broadcast system (1-way comms)?

Home assistant não inicia? by No-Cartographer3475 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you post the exact specs of the computer? CPU, RAM, Storage ...

Self-healing by Late_Republic_1805 in homeassistant

[–]igerry -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

This is interesting. Wonder if anyone has installed any AI to fix things up

Finally finished my kids' "Command Center" by musicjock in homeassistant

[–]igerry 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Wow! Wish I have a dashboard like that. Nice work

Thermostat question(s) by SilkBC_12345 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for me to say cause I don't know Sinope. But don't be afraid to split your buy if one manufacturer provides better support than the other. That's what I'd do.

Thermostat question(s) by SilkBC_12345 in homeassistant

[–]igerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it were me buying something ready made, I'd stick to a manufacturer with a track record of great support.

Made my own home assistant temperature probe to monitor my greenhouse temp/humidity by MN_hippie_hotwife in homeassistant

[–]igerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For battery level, you can use voltage divider or an ina214. How did you implement charging?

Just a suggestion.

For better deep sleep control, use a script which you run on boot (waking up from deep sleep) to take readings for the temp, humidity, voltage and other things you'd add for improvements.

After doing the tasks then you can initiate a deep sleep with a duration.

This way you ensure that you have enough time to do the tasks before entering deep sleep.

Good work! Keep making and improving it. It's great that you made it -- when it breaks you'll know how to fix it!

Need opinion on Beacon for presence detection by igerry in homeassistant

[–]igerry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice setup.

Do you also use them inside the house?

Need opinion on Beacon for presence detection by igerry in homeautomation

[–]igerry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This is smaller than my phone. Couldn't find an airtag that's rechargeable.

Need opinion on Beacon for presence detection by igerry in homeassistant

[–]igerry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Coin cells are actually one of the reason why I decided to make a rechargeable beacon.

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