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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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Looking for a cheap dopamine hit ;) (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by rouxdoo@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I love playing with my HA and associated devices. I suspect that most of you reading this get a bit of a jolt every time you add and incorporate a new sensor, camera, integration and get to play with it.

I have all the door/window sensors and locks/covers, every angle of my exterior covered with cameras, alarm, network devices, appliances, sprinklers, household devices covered.

Any ideas for a new thing I can play with?

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[–] we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Can I recommend taking a look at espHome? Getting started might be a little expensive depending on what you've got, but you can build pretty much anything for pretty cheap.

[–] rouxdoo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

As I replied to another who suggested ESPHome - I don't want a bunch boards and wires stuck everywhere and unless I am misunderstanding it I'll need to get into 3d printing to make enclosures for stuff. I can see going there some day but no room for a makerspace in this house until the boy moves out.

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

There are some specialised esp32 devices sold with cases (sometimes optional), but 3d printing is another fun thing to get into since you seem bored;)

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