smart home

Project: Smart Home Dashboard

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Yesterday I have released a new page on this blog, which describes my most recent project: a smart home dashboard using an Inkplate 10 e-ink display and Home Assistant as a backend. Home Assistant displays a lovelace view of the dashboard which is then rendered to a JPG-image. The Inkplate wakes up every 20 minutes … [Read more…]

DIY Smart Home Thermometer / Humidity Sensor with ESP32 and DHT22

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ESP32

As I got further into the Smart Home game, I encountered a type of device I’ve never thought of using: microcontrollers. Reading into the possibilities I recognized these little things as a power and cost efficient way of handling different (light) tasks. Because I’ve already had a DHT22 lying around, which was used with a … [Read more…]