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Electric roller blind/blind smart: Home Assistant integration

Wenn man günstige elektrische Rollos, Jalousien oder Rollläden in Home Assistant einbindet, stößt man schnell auf ein Problem: Viele Motoren kennen ihre aktuelle Position überhaupt nicht. Sie wissen lediglich, ob gerade hoch- oder heruntergefahren wird. Home Assistant kann dann zwar Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 1. June 2026
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Home Assistant actions Retry: Fix connectivity

You've probably experienced this: You've set up your Home Assistant installation carefully, connected all the devices and suddenly a problem occurs - the connection to a device breaks off when you want to switch it on or off. Maybe it's due to a Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 7. September 2024
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Home Assistant notifications: All options explained

Home Assistant offers you a variety of notification options that you can use to make your smart home even smarter. Whether simple text messages, interactive responses or even images - Home Assistant allows you to receive all important information directly on your smartphone. Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 16. February 2025
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Smart dishwasher for 50 cents with NFC tag & home assistant

Have you ever wished you could integrate your dishwasher into your smart home and be automatically notified when it's done? In this blog post, I'll show you how you can do just that with a simple NFC tag and Home Assistant Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 10. September 2024
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Home Assistant room presence detection with ESPHome

Imagine always knowing exactly who is in which room of your home - and all automatically. With Home Assistant, an ESP32 and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tracking, you can achieve precise room presence detection. In this blog article Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 1. June 2026
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Home Assistant & Waze: Always keep an eye on your journey time with real-time information

Imagine you start your day and immediately know how long it will take you to get to work. Or you're on your way home and want to find the quickest route to avoid traffic jams. With Home Assistant and Waze you can Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 1. June 2026
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Wallos - Subscription manager for your finances

Wallos is an open source web application designed to manage personal subscriptions and expenses. It offers features such as subscription tracking, category management, multi-currency support with exchange rate integration and privacy protection. Users can also benefit from customizable categories, mobile accessibility and various Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 25. July 2025
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Smart waste collection with Home Assistant

Imagine never having to think about when the garbage collection is coming again. Does that sound good? Then this guide is just the thing for you. With the Home Assistant and the Waste Collection Schedule plugin, you can automate your waste collection Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 7. September 2024
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ista EcoTrend in Home Assistant: Installation & use

Would you like to monitor and manage your energy consumption more efficiently? With the ista EcoTrend integration in Home Assistant, you can do just that. In this blog article, I'll show you step by step how to install and make the most of the integration. Why ista Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 7. September 2024
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Schedules for heaters, lights, blinds & more in Home Assistant

Home Assistant is already an incredibly powerful tool for home automation. But when it comes to fine-tuning and automating your devices, the scheduler component takes the possibilities to a whole new level. Imagine being able to use a schedule to precisely Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 2 years ago 16. February 2025

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