Home Automation

Controlling relays with Home Assistant and ESPHome

I’ve been looking at the best way to control relays using Home Assistant. My husband wanted an automated garage door opener, but something harder to hack than the average remote control and that we could remove in the summer when we’re not using it. It could be done with a few smart plugs, but it…

ESPHome Temperature and Humidity Sensor with Home Assistant

I needed to add a simple temperature and humidify sensor to add to Home Assistant, both for my information and for various automations. At first, I went with the Aqara temperature and humidity sensor, but they were too unreliable with my setup. Even if I can get them to pair, they often will drop after…

How to code a Home Assistant automation sun condition

In Home Assistant, an automation is a action that runs one time when a condition is reached. The condition itself is called a trigger. There are many types of trigger available such as: The current time.A time pattern, such as every 5 minutes or every hours.The state of an entity in the system, such a…

My home automation build with Home Assistant

Over the summer I’ve started automating my home and can’t stop automating! It’s been running for a few months now and I’m pretty satisfied with the result, so it was now the time to share it. What got me started is that here in Quebec, our heat is mostly electrical with baseboards, so one thermostat…