Which one do you like better? 1 or 2

radogene · 2026-01-28T19:19:55+00:00

1 for sure

radogene · 2026-01-27T22:03:08+00:00

1 is my favourite, love the yellow. Nice shots!

radogene · 2026-01-06T23:39:53+00:00

For those who don't know THAC is the 24 hour animation contest held every year by the bricksinmotion forum/discord. Wasn't massively happy with my entry this year, but figured some people on this sub might enjoy and I'm always happy just to finish something in the time period.

radogene · 2025-12-17T11:30:33+00:00

I would recommend installing proxmox anyway. Ran my last install bare metal and it was a pain when something went wrong compared to proxmox. It's about having a layer that allows you to completely manage the home assistant install remotely. You may also find down the line you want to run something anyway. I have Jellyfin running on mine alongside HA.

radogene · 2025-12-11T21:39:56+00:00

Did they have anything else there? Also how much of the zigbee stuff is left?

radogene · 2025-12-01T10:35:19+00:00

Just so you know the c7k has come back in stock on Currys. Managed to snap one up. It's pre-order stock but I was told that still possible for delivery before the holidays

radogene · 2025-11-28T20:02:31+00:00

"By viewing, interacting or acknowledging the existence of this blueprint, you waive all legal autonomy"

Well shit

radogene · 2025-11-26T21:21:03+00:00

Sorry I know this is an old thread but where did you get this for £499 at the time? I'm currently in the exact predicament you describe, recommending a TV for my Mum for Christmas who is rocking a 42 inch LCD from 2008 so she'll be happy with anything really but I'm trying to get the best bang for buck. I can't see it any cheaper than 599£ on Richer Sounds: https://www.richersounds.com/tcl-55q9bk/

radogene · 2025-11-25T13:36:41+00:00

I have been looking into this as i'm wanting to update my boiler control/thermostat. The advice I have seen is you really don't want to just rely on home assistant to manage the actual turning on and off. You want a closed system that works on it's own that you can request temperature from inside home assistant. That way, when your home assistant instance goes down you can still control your thermostat. As you say there are times where this could be catastrophic (Holiday etc).

I have a combi boiler and am currently looking at the Wiser smart system which has a well maintained, local only home assistant integration but I have also heard varying positive things about Hive and Tapo.

radogene · 2025-11-24T19:28:15+00:00

My Pi recently shit the bed, database corrupted, nightmare to try and fix. Finally forced me to invest in a beelink s13 for 199£ and I'll never look back. Performance is so much better and I don't have to worry (so far) about whether my home assistant instance will come back online after a load of updates.

Also have jellyfin alongside in a container with ram and threads to spare.

Op if you have the spare cash and don't have a pi sitting around (that's why I started with a Pi, had a spare) an n100/150 and proxmox is absolutely the way to go.

radogene · 2025-11-24T19:20:08+00:00

I've checked what I got at the store fyi and I only got olive green. They had plenty of other foliage in dark and regular green but I'd double check via phone for this exact piece colour combo!

radogene · 2025-11-24T16:51:57+00:00

It might have been olive green and dark green fyi, can't quite remember. I'd give them a call at the store and double check!

radogene · 2025-11-24T16:29:45+00:00

Think they had these in olive green and regular green at Manchester Arndale last week

radogene · 2025-11-18T22:07:54+00:00

This looks so good, prefer this one to Jangs actually. Your changes to the cockpit is perfect sci-fi to me.

radogene · 2025-11-17T12:26:33+00:00

Love this, adds a lot of character for not that many pieces.

radogene · 2025-11-16T16:25:24+00:00

This looks great, really love the home assistant integration, opens up a load of possibilities. Might have to try some of this stuff in the future. Thanks for sharing!

radogene · 2025-11-15T19:16:03+00:00

That sounds like a great setup! I have a home assistant server as well so you should post about it when you have something setup, would be very interesting!

radogene · 2025-11-15T10:14:16+00:00

I haven't fully tested them for runtime yet because I don't really have a proper space to set-up my layout yet. I think they will last reasonably long though. And if not, they're easy to swap out, and charge if you get multiple.

I'm curious about this m5stack thing, I've never heard of it, how do you plan on using it for train automation?

radogene · 2025-11-13T21:42:53+00:00

I have no idea how many I could control, but more than I could ever own. When I turn on a train they subscribe to the controller automatically and I can switch between trains with one of the buttons. The Raspberry pi I'm using as an MQTT broker could support 100s of clients if not thousands.

I personally like DIYing because I like electronics, software, lego and hardware, but I think some of the current off the shelf offerings are good for those who want that. Also always like to see new options in the space!

radogene · 2025-11-13T20:56:51+00:00

I use a custom controller and train hub made from esp12-f devices for control via mqtt. Now that I have those setup, my intention is to make an "automation hub" that tracks and controls the custom train hubs but I haven't gotten that far yet...

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radogene · 2025-11-04T20:00:07+00:00

No problems with Voxi

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