Home-Assistant

When working in my office during the day, I enjoy having my windows open to get as much natural light in as possible. However, this sometimes comes at a cost: glare. During certain times of the day, if there is little cloud cover, I get too much glare on my computer screen and it creates eye-strain, or makes reading difficult or distracting. So I took it upon myself to automate this problem away! This post outlines the process I took and how it works. ...

This post outlines the process to replace a Tuya radio module with one running ESPHome to fully control a heated mattress pad locally with Home Assistant. I purchased a Sunbeam Heated Mattress Pad for those cold winter nights. The mattress pad controller connects to WiFi and has a remote control app. However, it has a safety feature that limits functionality. The app can only adjust heat levels and turn the pad off unless you’ve recently pressed a physical button on the controller, effectively limiting the app to changing heat levels and turning the device off. ...