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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Miserable_Bluejay663 on 2025-06-03 02:34:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Maskguy on 2025-06-02 20:21:31+00:00.

I made this ESP Home powered remote to troggle certain things in my setup with tactile buttons. It fits a ESP D1 Mini. Still needs to be powered by micro USB as I did not look into working with lipo batteries yet.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ForsakenSyllabub8193 on 2025-06-02 11:37:30+00:00.

https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1kz5w7j/how_i_hacked_my_smart_weighing_scale_to_work_with/

Update for those intrested check out this youtube vid i made

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/jjinrva on 2025-06-02 17:19:58+00:00.

Hi everyone, if this isn’t allowed, please remove.

My 12 year old finds home assistant to be absolutely fascinating. He enjoys the backend mqtt/webhook stuff and the code for custom cards. Things that change automatically based on conditions, or custom logic from multiple sources.

He has asked me to see if anyone wants to use his “programming services”. His prices are $10/card. Haha.

So if anyone needs any help from a 12 year old entrepreneur, let me know.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/FineCryptographer834 on 2025-06-02 16:34:32+00:00.

Just a heartfelt post to say thank you for this awesome platform and sharing in case this helps anyone!

My daughter suffers from epilepsy and loves to introvert in her room. We hooked up a baby monitor that we were hoping would let us hear if something happened. Unfortunately the other night she had a small seizure and no one heard it, she was able to crawl but was unable to speak. My son found her crawling down the hall trying to find someone and we were able to get her stabliized, she's fine thank goodness! But she's now (understandably) nervous to be by herself and so are we.

My nerd brain went to work on what I could do to give us something to notify everyone in the house if she needs help.

I created a webhook that toggles a boolean, if the boolean is flipped homeassistant sends notifications every 10 seconds with a sound to my phone, my wife, and my son. She can trigger this webhook from Apple Shortcuts via a shortcut on her home screen, the home screen of her watch, by saying Hey Siri, help, or by pressing a smart button at the top of her headboard, there's also a homeassistant widget on her home screen to toggle the boolean on in the event that apple shortcuts craps the bed. In addition to the notifications it turns on the lights in our master bedroom to wake us up if it's late.

The notification to each phone can be long pressed and then pressing She's Safe, this toggles off the boolean and stops the notifications to all 3 phones.

I'm sure this could be tweaked and improved, I'd welcome any suggestions or ideas.

Thanks for reading, creating, posting, and making something awesome. You've give a little girl some confidence back and mom and dad some small piece of mind.

Thank you kind strangers!!

Edit - The notifications are set to critical and full volume inside homeassistant, so they bypass silent modes and focus modes on the iphones. Tested and it works, the notification comes through full volume no matter what settings are applied to each phone.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Alpine87 on 2025-06-02 10:46:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/checknmater on 2025-06-01 18:34:22+00:00.

Just released AmbiSense v5.1, a major update to my open-source ESP32-based motion-reactive LED lighting system. This version brings in support for multi-sensor setups, enabling synchronized lighting across L-shaped and U-shaped staircases — a feature that’s been requested quite a bit!

What’s New in v5.1:

🔹 Multi-Sensor Support via ESP-NOW

A flexible master-slave architecture now lets you span long or multi-level staircases with radar sensors at multiple locations.

🔹 Zone-Based Input Switching

Decide which sensor takes control using these new modes:

• Most Recent Activity
• Slave Priority
• Master Priority
• Zone-Based Auto-Switching (recommended for complex layouts)

🔹 Upgraded Web Interface

• Automatically detects connected slave nodes.
• Configure zones directly in the browser.
• Real-time diagnostics and network topology view.

🔹 Improved Diagnostics

• View live sensor and connection stats.
• Monitor ESP-NOW packet success rate, RSSI, and memory usage.

🔹 Enhanced LED Features

• Directional Trails for more realistic motion effects.
• Background Mode for subtle ambient lighting.
• Center Shift logic & LED strip validation to prevent misalignment.

🔹 Web UI Overhaul

• Fully mobile-responsive.
• Supports live updates with built-in input validation.

If you're working on staircase lighting or multi-zone motion-triggered LED projects, this update should simplify things quite a bit. Happy to hear feedback or help if you’re building your own setup.

Links:

🔗 GitHub: Techposts/AmbiSense

📺 Demo Video: YouTube – AmbiSense in Action

https://preview.redd.it/2ku48wpn0d4f1.png?width=1012&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e7647a6c3f8b4fb9d5ccaec55d86c22e2d401a0

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/KK_Bass on 2025-06-01 12:57:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/getridofwires on 2025-06-01 13:23:14+00:00.

I installed it over the weekend and added my Apple Music and Spotify accounts. It plays on my HomePods, the one Sonos speaker we use outside, my Sony stereo system, my Mac, and my Fully Kiosk tablets I have mounted around the house. I'm just getting started with understanding how it works, but so far I'm impressed. Thank you to the team that made this!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Final-Hunt-3305 on 2025-06-01 11:59:44+00:00.

Hello everyone,

I'm going to create a security system for my sister house

I want some ideas to be sure I going in the right way

(I was thinking about external camera (with an UPS for the server, and POE the cameras)

Doors and windows opening sensor (ziggbee or matter?)

An alarm based on a trigger from HA ? and basically everything centralized on the HA (is a Pi5 enought?)

So what have you installed at your places ?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/gafonid on 2025-05-31 21:54:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ForsakenSyllabub8193 on 2025-05-31 16:14:18+00:00.

Hello everyone on r/homeassistant,

I've been on a mission to escape the closed ecosystems of voice assistants like Alexa, and that led me to build my own open-source solution: Spark. It's a Python-based voice assistant designed specifically for Raspberry Pi and deeply integrated with Home Assistant.

From the very beginning, I wanted Spark to resonate with Home Assistant users. It leverages the homeassistant_api Python library for smart home control, all contained within a single, easy-to-understand Python script.

Here's a breakdown of Spark's current capabilities:

• Smart AI: Powered by Gemini (free tier) for intelligent responses.
• Customizable Wake Word: Uses OpenWakeWord (OWW) with "Hey Rhasspy" as the default.
• Real-time Weather: Fetches data via the OpenWeatherMap API.
• Core Utilities: Handles simple requests like telling the time or a joke.
• Visual Intelligence: Basic Image Recognition capabilities.
• Personal Organizer: A simple to-do/remember list feature.
• Media Playback: Includes song playing (currently relies on yt-dlp and needs improvement).
• Knowledge Base: Can query Wikipedia.
• Time Management: Features for setting alarms (also a work in progress).

My goal with Spark is to provide a highly customizable and simple voice assistant that's easy to edit and mold . It's not a finished product, but it's very much usable and a great starting point for anyone looking to truly own their voice assistant.

You can find the full code and documentation on my GitHub:https://github.com/aryanhasgithub/AIspark

I've also put together a short YouTube video showcasing Spark in action:(This video demonstrates its current state, not a setup tutorial.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unvm%5C%5C_l18XAI

While many projects shared here are incredibly robust, Spark is a humble beginning—a single script with room to grow. I strongly encourage anyone with basic Python knowledge and API familiarity to fork it, tinker with it, and share your improvements!

For example, if you have Spotify Premium, swapping out yt-dlp for spotipy for music playback would be a fantastic enhancement.

I'm keen to collaborate with others to refine Spark and potentially evolve it into something bigger. All feedback is welcome!