Creating Project Documentation
As part of my never-ending search for the ultimate blog theme, I stumbled across other static site generators similar to Jekyll (which this blog uses). This new site generator is called MkDocs and it generates...
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February 2018
Home Assistant API Tool
The ultimate development tool for the Home Assistant API. Connect to your hub, load in your entities and start exploring the capabilities of Home Assistant's REST API. Edit entity states, trigger automations, send data and...
Featured Home Cinema Automations with Home Assistant and Chromecast
The addition of Chromecast to my setup has opened up even more automation opportunities. In particular, to improve the movie watching and media consumption experience....
Custom Binary Sensors
Using the binary sensor component, we can define virtual sensors in our Home Assistant configuration that allow us to track states derived from related input data....
Update Home Assistant Automatically
Here's a bash script that pulls the latest HA docker image and recreates your container. Place this image in the same location as the `docker-compose.yaml` file containing your HA set up....
Arduino Types and Use Cases
Arduinos come in all shapes and sizes and it can be intimidating to choose between them. This post should clear up some confusions you might have. This is based on my experience and opinion, because...
