Tag: useful
Location Aware Notification Lights with Node-Red and IFTTT
I am in the habit of going on cooking sprees while listening to music… loudly. I only share one wall with a neighbor here in the …
More Nodes for Home Automation: state-machine, actionflows, dashboard, statistics
I’m keeping a running list of useful nodes I’ve found for home automation. Here’s a couple of more I came across recently in the Node-Red library. …
Useful Sensor: Cardinal Wind Direction for Home Assistant
As someone who cycles to work most days, I keep a pretty close eye on the weather. One thing I like to know is which way …
Useful Sensor: Bayesian Sleep Detection in Home Assistant
Sleep is not something I can directly observe in my smart home (at least not until I build that DIY bed sensor). It would be nice to …
Useful Sensor: Motion Last Seen & Meta Motion Sensor
You know what’s great about motion sensors? They are very, very cheap to build yourself. All it takes is an esp8266 module like the Wemos …
Big List of Useful Home Automation Nodes for Node-Red
An ongoing list of nodes I have found useful for constructing home automation flows. I have not included device platform nodes, as all state tracking and …
Presence Detection Part 1: Home Assistant & Bayesian Probability
One of the most useful things to track for home automation is whether anyone is home or not. If you want the lights to turn off …