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Use ESPHome and Home Assistant to replace Alexa with local voice assistant part I — prototype

5 min readDec 6, 2023

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Use ESPHome and Home Assistant to replace Alexa with local voice assistant part I — prototype

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The Smart Home Maker

Combine IKEA sensor with ESPhome to build DIY smart air quality sensor

7 min readFeb 6, 2024

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Combine IKEA sensor with ESPhome to build DIY smart air quality sensor

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The Smart Home Maker

Upgrade MyQ garage door opener to ESPHome: LOCAL Home Assistant integration

2 min readJan 1, 2024

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Upgrade MyQ garage door opener to ESPHome: LOCAL Home Assistant integration

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The Smart Home Maker

Retrofit Toniebox with Bluetooth in order to use Bluetooth headphones

Today, I have a quite short blog entry. I want to tell you how you can retrofit Bluetooth capabilities on a Toniebox. Just watch this…

1 min readDec 24, 2023

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Smart advisor for washing / drying your clothes

Build a smart advisor device which tells you when to optimally wash / dry your clothes based upon excess solar energy coming from your roof

8 min readOct 21, 2023

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Smart advisor for washing / drying your clothes

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How to build a slug detector for your garden

Garden owners probably know the problem — you have set up a wonderful bed full of vegetables and/or fruits and a soon as the first fruits…

6 min readOct 9, 2023

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How to build a slug detector for your garden

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How to set up a smart, personalized good morning message with ChatGPT, Home Assistant, ESPresence…

Being welcomed with an automated, individual smart good morning message every morning before leaving the house to work which includes…

7 min readSep 14, 2023

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How to set up a smart, personalized good morning message with ChatGPT, Home Assistant, ESPresence…

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The Smart Home Maker

How to connect your AL-KO Robolinho robotic lawn mower with Home Assistant via IFTTT

Connecting your AL-KO Robolinho robotic lawn mower to Home Assistant would be great, wouldn’t it? Up until now, it is not possible to…

10 min readJul 8, 2022

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How to connect your AL-KO Robolinho robotic lawn mower with Home Assistant via IFTTT

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The Smart Home Maker

Build a self-made simple smart irrigation solution for your garden (Part I – easy start)

If you have a beautiful garden you want to keep plants healthy and strong, hence you probably need to water them during weeks of hot…

5 min readOct 6, 2019

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Build a self-made simple smart irrigation solution for your garden (Part I – easy start)

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Let your washer and/or dryer proactively notify you when it’s finished

I guess, you probably know the problem – you turn on your washing machine in the cellar, it tells you the program will run for approx. 2…

4 min readSep 26, 2019

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The Smart Home Maker

The Smart Home Maker

I am a passionate Smart Home Maker and I love all tech things. I automate my house leveraging the power of #homeassistant. Follow to learn and get inspired!

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