I just installed this neat motor which can drive the chain on my blinds! Now I'm brainstorming various rules to cause the blinds to open and close. So far:
• Close the blinds once the sun is high enough to start shining into the room
• Open the blinds when the sun goes down in the evening
• Close the blinds when the TV turns on
• Close the blinds when I get in bed
• Close the blinds once the sun is high enough to start shining into the room
• Open the blinds when the sun goes down in the evening
• Close the blinds when the TV turns on
• Close the blinds when I get in bed
So far out of all the home automation devices I've connected to this Raspberry Pi, the most reliable ones have been 433mhz transmitters and ESP32s on wifi. I've been getting spotty performance of Bluetooth and Z-wave devices. Could be that the Pi isn't powerful enough, or could be because simpler is just better.
Hypothesis: open office plans are detrimental to feedback between team members.
Reason: some feedback you give in public, some in the privacy of a team, some in full privacy. Open offices take away the middle option. You stay silent or have to escalate to public or full privacy.
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Must say I really love the powerful combination of @home_assistant and @NodeRED. I use HA for the states / integrations and Node RED for the automations, extremely powerful combo! pic.twitter.com/vQswwgPpN5
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Smart mailbox - have seen many, none used IR sensor to detect actual object in the mailbox. Any idea why?
Cheap IR receiver filters out the daylight. Simple @esphome_ logic modulates the IR LED freq and creates a binary sensor directly in @home_assistant . Works like a charm! pic.twitter.com/BbULOWtO8H
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