Braden’s Reliable, Low-Cost Home Automation System With Zero YAML Powered by Home Assistant
Notas del episodio
Electrical engineer Braden joins Phil and Rohan to share practical Home Assistant wins. From migrating to Zigbee2MQTT, taming a Whirlpool ice maker with ESPHome, building a garage door opener, and planning a sensor-packed greenhouse lab.
Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA229
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:23 - Meet Brayden in Windy Indiana
00:03:35 - From Hue to Home Assistant
00:08:50 - Greenhouse Lab Plans
00:12:45 - Nursery Voice and Motion Tactics
00:18:20 - RFID Cards for Kids’ Media
00:29:00 - Zigbee2MQTT, Aqara, Litter Box Hack
00:36:40 - ESPHome: Ice Maker and Garage
00:43:40 - Power Monitoring and Breakers
00:47:00 - Unifi, Cameras, and ZBT-2
00:52:30 - Agents, Dashboards, and Presence
01:00:20 - Wrap-up and Thanks
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Phil Hawthorne
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