Home Assistant Blue

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:16:26 +0100

As a big fan of Home Assistant I just have to advertise this product, for the less technical people there is Home Assistant Blue. It’s an all-in-one device that has all the hardware you need for controlling your home, all you need to do is add your smart devices. No more flashing SD cards or configuring your Raspberry Pi’s!

https://www.home-assistant.io/blue

Even if you’re not interested in the product itself, they also released a 3D file of the case for you to print for your Pi! However at the moment of writing this, thingiverse is having some issues.

Micropython

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:13:05 +0100

Currently dabbling in MicroPython because I want to be able to control my Denon AVR with a “wireless” volume knob which isn’t a remote because I like the tactile response a volume knob gives.

Right now I am able to turn it on/off, turn the volume up/down, and switch input sources with my own controller library I quickly wrote on a friday night. For testing I’m using an old car radio button which doesn’t behave like a normal rotary encoder it seems, wiring it up like a normal encoder will cause shorts in the system and trigger unwanted commands. I guess I’ll have to wait for the rotary encoders I ordered from Ali.

It’s a pretty quick and dirty project and still a work in progress but if you’re interested you can check it here: https://github.com/laetificat/volume-knob

IoT on Kevin Heruer

Home Assistant Blue

Micropython