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. ...

Homeplate is an ESP32-based e-ink dashboard that displays data from Trmnl and Home Assistant on an Inkplate 10 device. The firmware fetches and renders various dashboard widgets including sensor readings, WiFi QR codes, and system status information. The implementation uses FreeRTOS on ESP32 to manage display updates, network connectivity, and power management for the e-ink display. It supports multiple data sources and configurable display layouts for home automation monitoring.

ESPHome Components is a collection of custom components that extend ESPHome functionality for ESP8266 and ESP32 microcontrollers. The repository contains C++ implementations of additional sensors, displays, and device integrations not available in the core ESPHome distribution. The components follow ESPHome’s standard architecture and configuration patterns, allowing them to be easily integrated into existing ESPHome projects through external component references. Each component includes the necessary C++ code and Python configuration validation.