{"id":1256,"date":"2022-03-08T11:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T16:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/?page_id=1256"},"modified":"2022-03-08T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T16:35:26","slug":"home-automation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/home-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-blog-posts ugb-blog-posts ugb-158ef91 ugb-blog-posts--v2 ugb-blog-posts--design-basic ugb-blog-posts--columns-2 ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-158ef91 .ugb-blog-posts__featured-image{border-radius:12px !important}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><article class=\"ugb-blog-posts__item\"><div class=\"ugb-blog-posts__content\"><figure class=\"ugb-blog-posts__featured-image ugb--shadow-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/controlling-relays-with-home-assistant-and-esphome\/\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230301_120446-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230301_120446-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230301_120446-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230301_120446-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230301_120446-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_20230301_120446.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><h3 class=\"ugb-blog-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/controlling-relays-with-home-assistant-and-esphome\/\">Controlling relays with Home Assistant and ESPHome<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ugb-blog-posts__excerpt\"><p>I&#8217;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&#8217;re not using it. It could be done with a few smart plugs, but it&#8230;<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"ugb-blog-posts__item\"><div class=\"ugb-blog-posts__content\"><figure class=\"ugb-blog-posts__featured-image ugb--shadow-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/esphome-temperature-and-humidity-sensor-with-home-assistant\/\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220308_105737242.LARGE_-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"BME280 with ESP8266\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220308_105737242.LARGE_-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220308_105737242.LARGE_-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220308_105737242.LARGE_-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220308_105737242.LARGE_-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220308_105737242.LARGE_-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><h3 class=\"ugb-blog-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/esphome-temperature-and-humidity-sensor-with-home-assistant\/\">ESPHome Temperature and Humidity Sensor with Home Assistant<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ugb-blog-posts__excerpt\"><p>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&#8230;<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"ugb-blog-posts__item\"><div class=\"ugb-blog-posts__content\"><h3 class=\"ugb-blog-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/home-assistant-automation-sun-condition\/\">How to code a Home Assistant automation sun condition<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ugb-blog-posts__excerpt\"><p>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&#8230;<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"ugb-blog-posts__item\"><div class=\"ugb-blog-posts__content\"><figure class=\"ugb-blog-posts__featured-image ugb--shadow-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/home-automation-build-home-assistant\/\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20210116_144351-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20210116_144351-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20210116_144351-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20210116_144351-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20210116_144351-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20210116_144351-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><h3 class=\"ugb-blog-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotsbench.com\/home-automation-build-home-assistant\/\">My home automation build with Home Assistant<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ugb-blog-posts__excerpt\"><p>Over the summer I&#8217;ve started automating my home and can&#8217;t stop automating! It&#8217;s been running for a few months now and I&#8217;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&#8230;<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Controlling relays with Home Assistant and ESPHome I&#8217;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&#8217;re not using it. 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