Home Automation – Page 2

Google Coral TPU Card

By Jason August 5, 2024

Today I added some AI processing horsepower to my Frigate server. This little chip can handle object detection on 15 cameras without breaking a sweat. I am using the m.2 variety, but you can get a few variants from Google. I originally experimented with the USB version before adding the…

Home Automation Server – Tower 1

By Jason August 2, 2024

With the Frigate server complete, Tower 1 is officially out of space. Top to Bottom Home Assistant & Frigate Docker Server Home Assistant Frigate Netdata Dozzle UPS Power Supply Cisco 24-Port Switch with PoE and 10GB SFP Go bag HD for critical files Punchdown Patch Panel Keystone Patch Panel Synology…

Pond BI

By Jason July 31, 2024

It started with "I should know the temperature of the pond I guess."

Dedicated Frigate Server

By Jason July 28, 2024

I've decided to use Frigate as the platform for AI object detection using my existing Amcrest IP cameras. It's working as a sidecar to Synology Surveillance Station as detection only. frigate-server 12-core Ryzen 5900X, 64GB RAM, 8TB SSD & 16TB HDD storage, Google Coral TPU, nVidia RTX3050GPU. Hosts Frigate and…

NESDR Smart HF/VHF/UHF 100kHz-1.75GHz Software Defined Radio

By Jason June 8, 2024

NESDR Smart HF/VHF/UHF 100kHz-1.75GHz Software Defined Radio

This one gets a bit nerdy. I have a driveway monitor system that uses magnetic frequencies to detect cars in the driveway. The problem is that it runs at the same frequency as a lot of garage door openers causing a lot of false positives. I have an extensive camera…

Home Assistant – How Did I Get Here?

By Jason May 30, 2024

I am absolutely horrible at turning off lights. That's how it began. The color changing aspect of Hue bulbs was cool, but adding motion sensors was when I saw the power of automation. I expanded Hue and added Amazon's Alexa for voice control. Then I tried Samsung's SmartThings to integrate…

Earthquake Data

By Jason May 6, 2024

I get asked about Rainier and volcanos a lot. I decided to integrate some seismic data into Home Assistant today for information and future notifications.

Shelly Garage Door Hack

By Jason January 9, 2024

Turns out my garage doors are dumb. They make smart ones, but I don't really want to give up privacy on my locks. Enter 2nd buttons triggered via Shelly over WIFI. When I looked into my garage openers, it was clear going smart with their tech wasn't an option. I…