Smart Home
Home Assistant, sensors, automations, voice control and dashboards.
Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi 5: Your Smart Home Brain
Install Home Assistant OS and control lights, plugs and sensors locally — no cloud required.
RecruitGarage Door 'Left Open' Alert
A magnetic reed switch and a tiny ESP32 tell your phone when the garage stays open after dark.
RecruitWater Leak Alarm Under the Sink
A cheap water sensor and a tiny ESP32 send a phone alert the moment water appears near a heater, washer or sink.
RecruitESPHome Room Sensor: Temperature, Humidity and Motion
Build a $20 Wi-Fi sensor with an ESP32 and add it to Home Assistant with a few lines of YAML.
TechnicianSmart Mirror with MagicMirror²
Time, weather, calendar and news glowing through a mirror — open-source software behind two-way acrylic.
TechnicianmmWave Presence Sensor: Lights That Know You're Still There
Unlike PIR, a 24 GHz radar sensor detects people sitting still, so lights stop turning off while you read.
TechnicianBuild Your Own Zigbee Hub with Zigbee2MQTT
Use cheap Zigbee sensors and bulbs from any brand without their proprietary hubs or cloud accounts.
TechnicianMailbox Notifier: Know When the Mail Arrives
A tiny ESP32 sleeps inside your mailbox for months and wakes up only when the flap opens to ping your phone.
TechnicianFamily Check-In Board with RFID Tags and a Touchscreen
Tap your key-ring tag by the door and the screen shows who is home and who is out — no phone tracking needed.
TechnicianWasher and Dryer 'Done' Notifier with a Vibration Sensor
Stick a tiny accelerometer on the machine and get a phone alert when the cycle ends — no wiring into the appliance.
TechnicianPrivate Voice Assistant That Runs in Your House
Speech-to-text, text-to-speech and wake words processed locally with Home Assistant Assist.
EngineerSmart Motorized Blinds with a Stepper Motor
Open the blinds at sunrise and close them when the room gets hot, using a stepper motor and ESPHome.
Engineer