Category: Smart Home

This little guy is a zigbee presence detection sensor – specifically the SonOff SNZB-06P – and it is completely different from this, a PIR motion sensor – specifically

This shot was taken at 10:30pm, with no lights on. For some context, this is what the world looked like to our eyes. This is one hell of

I, and I think most people that have these Nanoleaf Shapes panels have a bit of a problem. See the controllers – these things, the thing that actually

It’s been a touch over two years since I started the DIY Smart Home series, and since I started installing and using smart home tech, so I thought

I’ve had Home Assistant running for going on two years now. It was a worryingly easy process. So, when I came to install HASS on the ZimaBoard I

I’ve been using these Moes Zigbee switches for over a year now, and they’ve been nothing but a frustrating, intolerable mess the whole time. This is just some

Before we get started, if you aren’t familiar with Matter, Thread and Home Assistant, you’ll want to check out the last video I did in this series which

Matter really seems like it’s the future of smart home and internet-of-things tech – but what even is it? It’s a bit of a complicated and under-supported mess

I set up a DIY weather station in my garden that’s connected to Home Assistant and logs everything from wind speed and direction to rainfall and temperature. Why,

It’s not too far from being a full year since I started installing my self-hosted smart home kit, so I thought I’d give you a bit of an