All smart home systems, such as switches, adapter sockets, smart lamps, etc. contain small computers, so-called microcontrollers. Two quite common ones are the two boards ESP32 and ESP8266.These two microcontrollers differ primarily in the built-in CPUs and the wireless capability. An ESP32 has a 2-core CPU, the 8266 only one core, both boards support WiFi, the ESP32 … Read more
I bought the wall switch from Homatic IP (HmIP-WRC2) because I want to switch a lamp with it, in this post I describe the setup. A prerequisite for the setup is a successfully installed Homatic IP CCU and the Homatic IP integration. I describe both here: Homatic IP setup . Bevore the two switches can be used, the … Read more
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Home Assist saves the data of the devices for about 20 days. If you want to evaluate data, eg temperatures, over a longer period of time, the data must be stored in another database. For this there is the InfluxDB, which can store very large amounts of data and quickly process it again for evaluations. Since each … Read more
My Home Assistant is installed on an HP Pavillion Mini 300 , in which I installed a used SSD and it works great. The HP Mini PC is available on Ebay for just under €100, making it cheaper than a well-equipped Raspberry Pi. And with a power consumption of 7 W, the Mini PC is not very energy-hungry … Read more
Home Assistant is a free and open-source home automation software designed to be the central control system in a smart home or smart house. Written in Python, it focuses on local control and privacy. All data is on your own home assistant system, which is ideally a Raspberry Pi or a minicomputer. Home Assistant has a very … Read more