IFA Berlin 2023 Day 3 Recap: The Year Of The Vacuum Cleaners
The 2023 IFA Berlin is definitely the year of the vacuum cleaners. Everyone is selling them. Everyone.
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IFA Berlin 2023 Day 2 Recap: A Smart Ecosystem No One Is Talking About
Bosch Smart Home: A Zigbee-based Smart Home Ecosystem no one is talking about – yet we should.
IFA Berlin 2023 Day 1 Recap: So many smart robots!
The only thing flashing in my head after the first day at IFA Berlin is robots, robot vacuums and more robots.
Upgrading Toolset For Disassembling and Testing Smart Devices
I’ve upgraded my arsenal with some new tools for disassembling and testing smart devices: Electric Screwdriver, Digital Multimeter and a Smart Soldering Iron.
Best Zigbee Coordinators for Home Assistant 2023
A curated list of the best Zigbee sticks/dongles/coordinators for Home Assistant with various communication interfaces: USB/LAN/PoE/Hybrids.
Home Assistant Light Cards Collection
This post is a collection of the best lights Lovelace cards for Home Assistant available in the community store (HACS).
Extending Network Range with Cheap Zigbee Signal Repeaters
An overview of cheap Zigbee Signal Repeaters, which are used to solidify and expand your mesh network coverage, based on LoraTap Zigbee 3.0 Signal Repeater.
How Aqara Secures the Great Pyramid of Giza
How Aqara, a well known Smart Home brand, provides security to the Egyptian pyramids with their product range of cameras, motion and presence sensors.
Aqara Devices with Matter Support: Full List
A full list of all Aqara Upcoming & Existing Devices with Matter support and how to setup your Hub and bind them to HomeKit or Google Home.
How To Set Aqara FP1 Regions in Home Assistant
The latest release 1.30.0 from the master branch of Zigbee2MQTT added region/zone support for the Aqara FP1 Presence Sensor, here’s how to set them up.