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May/22

Water Depth Sensor With ESP32

Filed Under Home Automation, IOT at 2nd May 2022 0:01 by

Overview We live in a house with a water tank in the loft which uses gravity to feed water to any of the water sources upstairs in the house like the hot water tank to bathroom taps. Now and again, … Continue reading →

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Dec/21

Raspberry Pi Connect To Hidden SSID

Filed Under IOT, Networking at 6th December 2021 0:01 by

Turns out the Raspberry Pi won’t automatically look for hidden WiFi networks. CLI To enable this edit the file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and add scan_ssid=1 inside the network declaration: SD With the SD plugged into another computer other than the Raspberry Pi, … Continue reading →

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Oct/21

Home Assistant: New Starter Tips

Filed Under Home Automation, Infrastructure, IOT at 4th October 2021 0:01 by

Overview These are the things I wish I knew at the start of Home Assistant to save time and re-doing various setup related changes. It purely focuses on configurable points within Home Assistant as opposed to choices of eco systems, … Continue reading →

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Jul/21

Home Assistant: Condition Based Auto Entities Card

Filed Under Houseware, IOT, Virtualization at 5th July 2021 0:01 by

Overview I was looking for a way to show / hide information based on states or attributes of an entity. Example use cases: Show any windows / doors which are open. List any low battery devices. Pre-Requisite Optional: Home Assistant … Continue reading →