Unbridled Home Automation, from Trash Bag to Wild Boar
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Describes a DIY home-automation setup built around Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi with Zigbee and many opt‑ins to run concrete automations. Examples include a bathroom VMC using cheap Bluetooth humidity sensors that switch on at +7% above-room average and off at −5%; a bedside €11 Zigbee button handling single/double/long presses for dim/10s night mode; a chicken coop using ESP32 + ESPHome with a motorized door and a PTZ 640×480 camera sending snapshot notifications; and a wild-boar deterrent combining IKEA Zigbee motion, Moondream VLM detection and klaxon/light arrays to repel animals.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:29Home Assistant benefits
- 5:01Bathroom ventilation
- 8:55Zigbee bedside light
- 11:03Circadian lighting
- 12:27Chicken coop ESPHome
- 16:19Robot vacuum trigger
- 18:24EDF Tempo hot water
- 21:53Mailbox sensors
- 24:42Halloween intercom
- 25:45Electric sofa control
- 29:58Laundry stock
- 33:02Trash bin tracking
- 35:08Toilet paper usage
- 38:18Garden wild boar horns
- 45:28AI wild boar robot
- 48:18Conclusion & Q&A
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