Running Hass.IO & Hass OS on VMWare ESXI 7.0
Having had some issues properly running Hass OS on ESXI, I decided to create this short guide! It’s important to convert the VMDK to one that can be used for snapshotting and other ESXI...
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TRÅDFRI vs SONOFF smart plugs
Ever wondered whether you should purchase an Ikea TRÅDFRI or a plain old Sonoff? They both have their advantages and disadvantages. For example; Sonoff devices always had the name to be cheap, but how...
Securely connect to Home Assistant from the outside world using NGINX
So you have Home Assistant running al good in your local network, but no way of accessing it remote. You of course have a few different options, but the combination of hurdles you have...
How I automated my aquarium, and how YOU can too! (using sonoff and HomeAssistant)
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? While the updates may have been slacking, I sure haven’t slacked in the “home-automation departement”. Home Assistant is still my go-to when I want to start automating anything!...
Package tracking state card in HomeAssistant (using Aftership)
Recently I felt the need for a HomeAssistant component which would allow me to track all my parcels I am expecting. As with all DIY people out there this list can get lengthy. I...
Tradfri – RGB LED
Recently I went to the Ikea and finally I saw the RGB Tradfri LED. I knew it existed, but until now I have never seen it (Belgium may be a little late on the...
TradFri – unboxing and homassistant
This is just a quick showcase of my Tradfri unboxing and usage. I also integrate it with homeassistant making it a very good and cheap smart lighting solution!
Provide USB sound output for Alexa Voice Services (useful for the Raspberry Pi Zero) + headless restart
Running AVS on a Raspberry Pi zero doesn’t work out of the box. The reason is that the installation script provides no output via USB is because this is not available in the script....
DIY NAS – Installing OpenMediaVault (OMV) on a Raspberry Pi 3
NOTE: These instructions were made for Raspberry Pi 3. From my experience these will not work on a Raspberry Pi that does not have ARM7. Have you always wanted your own NAS, but don’t...
Increase cache size in Kodi Krypton(V17) for faster and smooth playback
When you are streaming videos from a network device to Kodi, you may feel some slowness, stuttering, buffering or complete interrupts in your video. This is not enjoyable at all. In Kodi Jarvis(V16) you...
Retropie 4.1 – WiFi, Scraper, Runcommand, Remove kodi from Ports and Themes
Hi guys With the release of retropie 4.1 some new features where introduced. I’ll also try to clear up some questions on last few videos. Many people wanted to remove Kodi from the ports...