16 July 2020

Home Assistant: Fans | Thermostats | other DIY - Oh Yeah


The main topic of this Live Stream is 'Ultimate Fan Project'


Watch Dave convert, from scratch, a standard 3-Speed Desk Fan. That note only is controllable from Home Assistant but also has local control by re-deploying the on-board speed selector. Plus add in some speed indicator LEDs

This fan can now be controlled by Home Assistant, Voice and still have manual local control... and of course reap the benefits of temperature, time of day and other automation controls.

You will see how to program a Sonoff Basic to use an 8 port expander to provide the necessary GPIOs for:
  • 3 Fan Speeds
  • 3 Indicator LEDs
  • 3 Speed Selector Buttons
My GitHub page for ESPHome code & Other Info:
https://github.com/3ative/ultimate-fan-project

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01 July 2020

ESPHome, Home Assistant DIY Digital Thermostat - demo


Just a quick update for a DIY ESPHome Thermostat...


Using just a D1 Mini programmed with (yes you're guessed it) ESPHome. Dave put together a working Wi-Fi thermostat. It is bi-directional meaning, it is able to control the Software thermostats in Home Assistant and get updates from Home Assistant and everything you need is displayed in the integrated OLED display. 

Once all the kinks are worked out a step-by-step tutorial will be made and the full code will be released.

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14 February 2020

3ATIVE is getting all Automated

GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY!

Over the last year we have been working and testing some home automation products. Now we've settled on the open source software - "Home Assistant", it's time begin putting back to the community.
You may have seen previous post, where we discussed building an LED indicator/display in the IR remote receiver for a Media Centre PC.

We've recently started adding tutorial videos to our YouTube Channel and have a Playlist for our Home Assistant; Programming, Device and Gadget builds.
With accompany code and other information on our GitHub Page we hope to become a helpful resource for beginner to advanced users for this FREE software.

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More to come soon, stay tuned.