motion sensor Archives - The Budget Smart Home

How to create binary sensors for RF and BLE sensors and Open MQTT Gateway in Home Assistant

Daniel MasonJan 10, 2021March 5, 20230

This article shows how to integrate Open MQTT Gateway to Home Assistant using custom binary sensors that respond to MQTT payloads.

RF 433 MHz and BLE with OpenMQTTGateway and ESP8266 – Cheap Home Automation on a budget

Daniel MasonDec 18, 2020March 30, 20230

Adding an RF gateway to your Home Assistant setup makes your setup incredibly versatile because it opens up a multitude of low-cost automation opportunities. This project enables you to interface your Home Assistant setup with

Best 433Mhz Motion sensors for Home Automation IOT RF 433MHz Review

Daniel MasonApr 27, 2020June 27, 20230

My recommendations for the best RF motion sensors on 433 or 315MHz frequency. These devices are very decent quality and only cost $15AUD. They feature battery and micro-USB charging, a motion indicator light and emit

Best 433Mhz Wall Touch Panels for Home Automation RF 433MHz Review

Daniel MasonMar 5, 2020March 5, 20230

In this post I want to make some recommendations for affordable RF wall switch panels you can integrate into your home automation system.

Guide: How to set up cheap and effective motion sensors for Home Assistant

Daniel MasonDec 24, 2019March 5, 20230

I have written in the past about my RF-based sensor setup, the gateway services, and custom HA components that support them. This post consolodates all these resources and fills in the gaps for an end

Home Automation IOT Best RF 433MHz Hardware Review

Daniel MasonJan 19, 2019June 27, 20230

RF devices such as motion sensors or door sensors are much cheaper than their Wifi equivalent. This post combines a few reviews I have posted in the past to help you find the best hardware

A complete Guide to Motion Lighting in Smart Homes – Introducing AppDaemon

Daniel MasonMay 17, 2018March 5, 20230

I have previously proposed a motion lighting implementation and discussed some of the problems Home Assistant's YAML based configuration creates for people who are used to the flexibility of fully fledged, battle-tested, object-oriented programming languages.