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  • A React app for Philips Hue lights

    In my previous post I showed how a Philips Hue bridge can be integrated with Home Assistant for controlling lights with automation. The Philips Hue bridge has an easy-to-use REST API so you can make your own integration on any platform that supports http. In this post I will describe how I have created a…

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  • Philips Hue and Home Assistant

    Philips Hue is a line of wireless light bulbs that are controlled with Zigbee signals from a LAN-attached Philips Hue bridge. With the Philips Hue app it is very easy to set up a new system and adding new light sources is a breeze. There is a large set of 3rd party apps that can…

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  • Home Assistant – notifications on iOS

    Home Assistant has a nice iOS integration with the Home Assistant for iOS app. In this post I will describe how I have used the notify platform in Home Assistant to get notifications on my iOS devices when the front door of our house is opened.

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  • Blynk, PlatformIO and ESP32

    Blynk is an IoT-platform that consists of a Blynk server, custom projects within an iOS/Android mobile app and custom hardware IoT-nodes (Arduinos etc) using a Blynk library. The mobile app communicates with the hardware via the Blynk server and you can use the mobile interface for displaying sensor data from the hardware nodes or control…

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  • Using CH340 devices with OSX Sierra

    I have several low-cost development boards that use the CH340/CH341 usb-to-serial chip for usb communication. Unfortunately, with OSX Sierra, the official CH340 driver cause a Kernel Panic (freeze + reboot) of the Mac when a device is connected. The reason is that the drivers are not signed correctly. I’ve found an alternative driver ($8) that…

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  • Owntracks, Mosquitto and Home Assistant

    OwnTracks is an open-source device tracker app for iOS and Android that lets you publish location data from your mobile phone. On the mobile app you can locate other connected devices on a map and get help navigating to the devices/friends/family members. With OwnTracks integrated in Home Assistant, you can create automation rules based on…

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