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Cover that only opens if there's nothing in it's way in Home Assistant

Tom Schneider on Home Assistant | 08 Mar 2019

I have a screen that goes above my balcony door. If the door has been left open and I accidentally said "Alexa, turn on cinema mode" from downstairs, my screen probably wouldn't be as smooth anymore. I control my screen via Home Assistant, you can read more in another article…

Making the windows smart

Tom Schneider on Home Assistant, esphome | 13 Dec 2018

We will add magnet contacts to every window and wire them all to an ESP8266. Then, we flash a sketch with esphomeyaml to connect everything to home assistant.…

Building a smart home theater with Home Assistant

Tom Schneider on Home Assistant, Sonoff, esphome | 15 Nov 2018

I wanted to control the screen I bought for my projector with Home Assistant, so I replaced the controller with a Sonoff Dual and used esphomeyaml to create the program.…