Today I added the SEN54 7-in-one air quality sensor to my #HomeAssistant setup using #ESPHome. It's very nice to connect 7 sensors with a single cable! Full guide available here: jamesachambers.com/home-assistant…

Today I built an incredibly small button for #HomeAssistant using the #Adafruit QT Py as well as their IoT button add-on board. It's wireless and costs around $13 or so. Integrates with Home Assistant via #ESPHome! Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/home-assistant…

I'm trying to get caught up on some of the SSD boot guides for my recent boards I've reviewed and I finished the #Radxa Zero one today! This is for the official Debian image. Guide here: jamesachambers.com/radxa-zero-deb… #RadxaZero

After buying approximately 20 different single board computers I have compiled them down into the Best 2023 Raspberry Pi alternatives! Full list available here: jamesachambers.com/best-2023-rasp… #RaspberryPi #Radxa #OrangePi #LibreComputers

I wrote a guide for the #Adafruit Stemma QT boards when using with the QT Py for solderless connectivity! It was a little tricky to get going but the trick is to use Arduino 2.x and pass a Wire1 object. Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/adafruit-stemm…

My Genie garage doors are now smart and integrated with #HomeAssistant! I used the Genie Aladdin Connect upgrade kit as it was relatively inexpensive and gave me a very clean install. Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/genie-garage-d… #Genie

Today I've reviewed the #Zooz 700 series Z-Wave door/window sensors! These work fantastic work #HomeAssistant allowing me to get rid of my subscription services. Full review here: jamesachambers.com/zooz-700-z-wav… #ZWave

Today I used the #Minoston smart plug to allow me to power cycle my entire Unifi network within #HomeAssistant! Uses Z-Wave and is very easy to add to an existing setup: jamesachambers.com/minoston-z-wav…

I was able to eliminate soldering for my SEN54 7-in-1 #ESP32 Home Assistant / ESPHome environmental sensor! It is now plug and play. #HomeAssistant and #ESPHome will do the programming for you: jamesachambers.com/home-assistant…

Today I made a WiFi one-key keyboard to perform actions within #HomeAssistant! Using #Adafruit and a #RISCV #ESP32-C3. Some soldering required but only headers! Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/adafruit-wifi-…

Today I migrated my #HomeAssistant installation to the #OrangePi 5! It was previously on a ASUS Tinker Board S and the 16GB eMMC had become completely full. Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/migrate-home-a…

Today I used a ESP32-CAM to make a <$20 cheap utilities monitor camera. It has been around for years and the packaged ESP module is starting to show it's age but it still is really useful for use cases like this: jamesachambers.com/cheap-esp32-ca… #ESP32 #HomeAssistant #ESPHome

Today I reviewed the #Radxa Rock3 Compute Module (CM3). Despite me probably being considered a Radxa and Orange Pi shill at this point I actually hated it. I hated it so much I decided I hate compute modules altogether! Full review here: jamesachambers.com/radxa-rock-3-c…

I took a look at another #ESP32 camera today: the #Expressif ESP-EYE! It has higher specs than the ESP32-CAM but doesn't have a onboard light like the ESP32-CAM does. Works with #HomeAssistant and #ESPHome. Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/esp-eye-cheap-…

Today I built a small #ESP32 powered thermal camera using a #Adafruit ESP32-S3 Reverse TFT Feather and a MLX90640 camera module (and a cardboard box). Used #CircuitPython for the first time! Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/diy-open-sourc…

I've completed my 3 month review of the #Google Pixel Watch! No Pixel required to get all features and will work with any Android handset. Screen protection recommended. Full review here: jamesachambers.com/google-pixel-w… #GooglePixelWatch

Today I installed #Steam and #StardewValley on my #OrangePi 5! It actually runs very smoothly. Uses #Box64 and #Box86 to achieve this as there is no native ARM client for Steam or Stardew Valley. Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/installing-ste…

Today I installed #Steam on the #Radxa Rock 5B! With the powered fan I didn't have any crashes. Able to run #StardewValley and many other less demanding games quite easily. Full guide here: jamesachambers.com/radxa-rock-5b-…

The 2024 #RaspberryPi benchmarks summary is now live at: jamesachambers.com/2024s-fastest-… We have passed 100,000 #benchmarks this year!

#Grok3 successfully made me a #CoreKeeper fishing bot while #Gemini, #ChatGPT and #DeepSeekR1 got a fail. Great job Grok! Full write-up here: jamesachambers.com/making-a-core-…