Home Assistant Archives - RUTG3R.COM

Unifi script image

September 15, 2026

Monitoring UniFi Gateway, Network and Device Updates in Home Assistant using MQTT

wood - closed doors

September 9, 2026

Building a Weatherproof Cabinet for My Smart Irrigation System

Junction box - Final

September 8, 2026

Designing the Brain of My Irrigation System: A Central Controller Built on an ATOM S3 and a Waveshare 8CH Relay

Irrigation System - Hardware explained

August 29, 2026

The Hardware Behind My Smart Garden Irrigation System

A look at the hardware going into my automated garden…

Accu-Chek via BLE to HA

August 19, 2026

Reading an Accu-Chek Instant Glucose Meter into Home Assistant over Bluetooth

Facebook utm url to HA

August 15, 2026

From Generic “Facebook” Referrer to Real Attribution: Building My Own UTM Click Tracker

KNMI Weather warning Card

August 14, 2026

Where My KNMI Weather Warning Card Actually Gets Its Data From

Node-Red translations to HA

August 14, 2026

Ditching Node-RED: Moving My Weather Translations Into Home Assistant with Pyscript

AI Platform Status with Badge

August 5, 2026

Adding Claude and ChatGPT Status Badges to my Home Assistant Dashboard

QNAP Notifications to HA

August 4, 2026

Getting QNAP Notifications into Home Assistant with a Syslog-to-MQTT Relay

Wet Tank Sensor and Circuit Board

July 31, 2026

Detecting a Pond Filter Overflow Instantly with a Non-Contact Water Sensor and ESPHome

Atom Lite with CC1101

July 28, 2026

QazQa Fan Remote, Part 2: From Full Control to Passive Monitoring

Teslemetry over Bluetooth-red

July 25, 2026

Local Tesla Control via Bluetooth: Teslemetry’s New Feature Explained

Smartthings local only

July 23, 2026

Bypassing the SmartThings API Paywall: Local Control for My Samsung Fridge and Washer

wp_statistics into ha

July 17, 2026

Bringing My WordPress Traffic Stats into Home Assistant with a Custom REST Endpoint

DIY wireless control fan setup

July 10, 2026

Reverse-Engineering the QazQa 433MHz Ceiling Fan Remote with ESPHome, ESP8266 and the CC1101

Modern home automation connection diagram

June 26, 2026

GoodWe GW5K-DT Modbus RS485 integration with Home Assistant via Waveshare RS485-to-ETH

Industrial water meter with smart module

June 20, 2026

Tracking Water Usage with Home Assistant and a Shelly 1 Gen1

Frigate watchdog

June 12, 2026

How I Built a Frigate NVR Watchdog After It Silently Died for 7 Hours

Rain Expected Bubblecard

June 5, 2026

How I Built a Smart Rain Alert Card in Home Assistant Using Buienradar and Bubble Card

Low Battery Devices

June 4, 2026

Why I Don’t Use the Home Assistant Maintenance Dashboard for Battery Monitoring

QNAP Updates image

May 30, 2026

Monitor QNAP Updates in Home Assistant

Wordpress updates count

May 28, 2026

Monitor WordPress Updates in Home Assistant

Coral Frigate Proxmox

May 21, 2026

Running Frigate NVR with Google Coral USB on Proxmox — A Complete Config Deep-Dive

Claude to Wordpress

May 1, 2026

How I Use Claude and Agentic AI to Write Blog Posts Directly from My Home Assistant Setup

October 30, 2024

Bye Bye Homeseer…..Welcome Home Assistant!