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Build an ESP32-4848S040 Media Controller with ESPHome and LVGL That Actually Works
Want a dedicated touchscreen panel to control your music without touching your phone? 🎵 This guide shows you exactly how I built an ESP32-4848S040 Media…
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Home Assistant 2026.4 New Features: Areas Dashboard, AI Assist Visibility & Smart Automations
Home Assistant 2026.4 new features landed on April 2, 2026 — and this is one of the most interesting releases in a while. If you’re…
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Creality K1 Max Moonraker Home Assistant Helper Script
Creality K1 Max Moonraker Home Assistant fix guide: restore Moonraker after a firmware update so Home Assistant can connect again. ✅ Creality K1 Max Moonraker…
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Custom Home Assistant Card for Your DIY TDS & Flow Meter
In the previous article, DIY a Smart Reverse Osmosis TDS & Flow Meter with ESPHome and ESP32‑C6, the hardware side of a smart RO monitor…
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DIY a Smart Reverse Osmosis TDS & Flow Meter with ESPHome and ESP32‑C6
The author detailed a project to monitor a reverse osmosis (RO) system using salvaged probes from a commercial TDS monitor, integrated with an ESP32-C6 and…
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Running WordPress + MariaDB in Docker on OpenMediaVault: A Step‑by‑Step Guide and Pitfalls to Avoid
Self‑hosting WordPress sounds simple: “just run a container and you’re done”. In reality, if you’re doing it on OpenMediaVault (OMV) with Docker, paths, volumes, and…
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Building a Touch-Controlled Home Assistant Dashboard on an ESP32-S3 (with LVGL & ESPHome)
This project turns an ESP32-S3 with a 480×480 RGB (ESP32-4848S040С) display and capacitive touchscreen into a fully touch‑controlled Home Assistant dashboard. It shows outdoor temperature,…
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Sensor Legend card for Home Assistant
If you like having compact sensor tiles that still explain what the numbers mean, this card is for you. The Sensor Legend card shows a numeric value (e.g. CO₂, PM2.5,…
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How to Display Home Assistant Sensor Data on the GeekMagic SmallTv S3
I really like the look of the GeekMagic SmallTv devices. 😍 The problem: the stock firmware is limited, and doesn’t integrate nicely with my smart…
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Kitchen Light with a MOES Zigbee Knob (Home Assistant)
I’ve recently added the MOES Zigbee Smart Knob to my setup and wanted a smooth, click‑and‑rotate control for my kitchen light. The MOES knob is a compact…
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Syncing Two Matter Lights in Home Assistant
Make your second light mirror power, brightness, and color temperature from the first one — reliably and fast. Tuned for Matter lights that may expose…
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