Build a self hosted speech to text server using Whisper
Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model introduced by OpenAi. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and is also a multi-task model that can perform multilingual speech recognition as well as speech translation and language identification.
Customizing Home server dashboard with Homer
Homer is a light weight and simple dashboard page run on lighthttpd server.
Home Assistant + esphome integration
We are going to use ESP32 to extend the pool Raspberry Pi's home assistant poor Bluetooth range.
Home Assistant + Matter integration (Switchbot hub2)
This article is going to talk about how we can integrate the Matter protocol IOT devices with Home Assistant. We will use the SwitchBot hub2 as the Matter bridge to control the Matter devices from Home Assistant.
Home Assistant + SwitchBot API
In this article, we are going to talk about how we can integrate SwitchBot with Home Assistant. We will use the SwitchBot API to control the SwitchBot devices from Home Assistant.
Home Assistant REST command
Config rest command
Home Assistant with Cloudflare Tunnel
Make sure you have a Cloudflare account and a domain name registered with Cloudflare.
Home server networking (OpenMediaVault env)
Home assistant is always a key component in our home server. In this article, we are going to talk about how we can configure the networking for our home server, especially when we use OpenMediaVault as our home server OS where we have our home assistant docker running.
Restore Home Server from Duplicati
After getting a clean rapsbian OS installed on the Raspberry Pi, we need to update system first:
Setup Raspberry Pi Home Lab with docker
In this article, we will set up a Raspberry Pi home lab, which covers all the details from Hardware setup, OS installation and docker setup.
SwitchBot API 1.1
SwitchBot API 1.0 became not able to fetch the device status anymore from 2024/03/01. So, we need to use the SwitchBot API 1.1 to get the device status.
Sync Joplin notes with WebDAV
Joplin is an open-source note-taking app that allows you to take notes and organize them in a structured way. It supports markdown, which makes it easy to write and format notes.
ZHA device - Smart Button
In this article we are going to cover zigbee smart button integration with ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation) in Home Assistant. The device we are using is
ZHA Zigbee coordinator setup
Home assistant has a built-in integration for Zigbee devices called ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation). This integration allows you to connect Zigbee devices to Home Assistant without the need for a separate hub. What we need is a Zigbee coordinator (dongle) that is compatible with ZHA.