Home Assistant

692 articles on Home Assistant.

JournalMay 2026
AI + IoT Home Burglar Alarms 2026: Choose, Install, and Automate for Round-the-Clock Safety
AI + IoT Home Burglar Alarms 2026: Choose, Install, and Automate for Round-the-Clock Safety
Modern burglar alarms use AI behavior analysis, face recognition, and seamless IoT integration. Compare Aqara, Hikvision, Frigate, and Home Assistant — with automation strategies that minimize false alarms.
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JournalMay 2026
Progressive Web App for Home Assistant: Offline-Capable, Push Notifications, Installable on iOS and Android
Progressive Web App for Home Assistant: Offline-Capable, Push Notifications, Installable on iOS and Android
Transform your Home Assistant dashboard into a PWA installable on iPhone and Android homescreens — with Service Worker offline caching, native-style push notifications, and faster load times than a full browser tab.
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JournalMay 2026
Floor Pressure Sensor Network: Detecting Fall Risk from Gait Asymmetry — No Wearable Required
Floor Pressure Sensor Network: Detecting Fall Risk from Gait Asymmetry — No Wearable Required
An FSR (Force Sensitive Resistor) network embedded in floor tiles monitors bilateral foot pressure in real-time, analyzing gait asymmetry and Center of Pressure shifts to assess fall risk in elderly residents — no wearable device needed.
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JournalMay 2026
Home Resilience Index: Composite KPI Dashboard for Security, AQI, Energy and Wellness
Home Resilience Index: Composite KPI Dashboard for Security, AQI, Energy and Wellness
Build a single Home Resilience Index score combining security threat, air quality, energy self-sufficiency, and occupant wellness dimensions — powered by HA template sensors and a real-time Lovelace gauge.
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JournalMay 2026
Smart Perimeter Defense: Frigate Person Detection Triggers Outdoor Light Choreography
Smart Perimeter Defense: Frigate Person Detection Triggers Outdoor Light Choreography
Intelligent perimeter security using Frigate NVR person detection to trigger Home Assistant outdoor lighting choreography, siren alerts, and PTZ camera pan sequences — zone by zone, fully automated.
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JournalMay 2026
Hyperlocal AQI Network: Combining PurpleAir + Air4Thai API for Neighborhood-Level Bangkok PM2.5 Mapping
Hyperlocal AQI Network: Combining PurpleAir + Air4Thai API for Neighborhood-Level Bangkok PM2.5 Mapping
Build a hyperlocal AQI dashboard combining personal PurpleAir sensor data, Pollution Control Department Air4Thai API, and community sensor networks to map PM2.5 at street level across Bangkok.
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JournalMay 2026
Thai Wake Word with Porcupine + Rasa NLU: Local Thai Voice Commands for Smart Home Without Cloud ASR
Thai Wake Word with Porcupine + Rasa NLU: Local Thai Voice Commands for Smart Home Without Cloud ASR
Train a custom Thai wake word with Porcupine and parse Thai voice commands locally with Rasa NLU to control smart home devices — all audio processing stays on-premises with zero cloud dependency.
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JournalMay 2026
Passive Contactless Vitals: LD2410 mmWave + Ballistocardiography Mat for Non-Wearable Elderly Heart Rate Monitoring
Passive Contactless Vitals: LD2410 mmWave + Ballistocardiography Mat for Non-Wearable Elderly Heart Rate Monitoring
Deploy HLK-LD2410 mmWave radar and a ballistocardiography pressure mat to monitor heart rate and respiration of elderly during sleep — no wearables required.
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JournalMay 2026
Multi-Protocol Smart Home Bridge: Unifying Z-Wave, Zigbee, WiFi, and Modbus in One Dashboard with Energy Sankey
Multi-Protocol Smart Home Bridge: Unifying Z-Wave, Zigbee, WiFi, and Modbus in One Dashboard with Energy Sankey
Unify Z-Wave, Zigbee, WiFi, and Modbus devices in a single Home Assistant instance with a real-time Energy Sankey Diagram visualizing power flow between solar, grid, home loads, and EV charger.
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JournalMay 2026
Acoustic Anomaly Detection: Glass Break and Scream Detection with YAMNet TensorFlow on Raspberry Pi
Acoustic Anomaly Detection: Glass Break and Scream Detection with YAMNet TensorFlow on Raspberry Pi
Build an acoustic anomaly detection system using YAMNet TensorFlow Lite on Raspberry Pi 5 to detect glass breaking, screaming, and alarm sounds, triggering Home Assistant alerts and LINE notifications.
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JournalMay 2026
CO2 Demand-Controlled Ventilation: SCD41 Sensor + ERV Automation for Sleep Quality Improvement
CO2 Demand-Controlled Ventilation: SCD41 Sensor + ERV Automation for Sleep Quality Improvement
Install SCD41 NDIR CO2 sensor to control ERV with Demand-Controlled Ventilation, maintaining CO2 below 1,000 ppm during sleep for measurable sleep quality improvement while reducing energy consumption.
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JournalMay 2026
Demand Response Automation: MEA TOU Rate Optimization with Pre-Cooling and Load Shifting
Demand Response Automation: MEA TOU Rate Optimization with Pre-Cooling and Load Shifting
Design a Demand Response automation aligned with MEA TOU electricity rates, using pre-cooling before peak hours and appliance load shifting to reduce electricity bills by 20–35% without affecting comfort.
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JournalMay 2026
Context-Aware Wearable Fall Detection: MPU6050 + ESP32 with False Positive Suppression for Elderly
Context-Aware Wearable Fall Detection: MPU6050 + ESP32 with False Positive Suppression for Elderly
Design a wearable fall detection system for elderly using MPU6050 IMU on ESP32 with SVM algorithm and context-aware suppression to distinguish real falls from normal sit-to-stand activity.
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JournalMay 2026
Adaptive Automation Engine: Node-RED Conflict Resolution and Occupancy Learning for Smart Home
Adaptive Automation Engine: Node-RED Conflict Resolution and Occupancy Learning for Smart Home
Design a Node-RED automation engine that learns occupancy patterns, detects conflicts between overlapping automation scenes, and resolves them automatically with full audit logging.
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JournalMay 2026
Local AI Face Recognition Access Control: InsightFace on Jetson Nano with Anti-Spoofing Liveness Detection
Local AI Face Recognition Access Control: InsightFace on Jetson Nano with Anti-Spoofing Liveness Detection
Deploy InsightFace on NVIDIA Jetson Nano for face-recognition gate and door control with anti-spoofing liveness detection, processing all biometric data locally without cloud transmission.
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JournalMay 2026
Multi-Sensor AQI Fusion: Combining PM2.5 + CO2 + TVOC Signals with Kalman Filter for LINE Alerts
Multi-Sensor AQI Fusion: Combining PM2.5 + CO2 + TVOC Signals with Kalman Filter for LINE Alerts
Build a sensor fusion system combining SDS011 PM2.5, BME680 TVOC, and SCD40 CO2 readings through a Kalman Filter to compute an accurate Indoor Air Quality Index with automated LINE alerts.
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JournalMay 2026
Presence Simulation Engine: Randomized Occupancy Patterns to Deter Burglars When Away
Presence Simulation Engine: Randomized Occupancy Patterns to Deter Burglars When Away
Build a Presence Simulation Engine on Home Assistant using randomized lighting, audio, and Markov Chain scheduling to convincingly mimic occupancy and deter burglars while away.
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JournalMay 2026
Comprehensive Medication Management: Biometric Dispenser + LINE Telehealth + Side Effect Monitoring via Vitals
Comprehensive Medication Management: Biometric Dispenser + LINE Telehealth + Side Effect Monitoring via Vitals
Design a comprehensive elderly medication management system from biometric-verified dispensing through vital sign side effect monitoring with automated physician reporting via LINE.
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JournalMay 2026
Pre-Intrusion Detection via Behavioral Pattern Recognition: Frigate Zone Loitering and Vehicle Anomaly
Pre-Intrusion Detection via Behavioral Pattern Recognition: Frigate Zone Loitering and Vehicle Anomaly
Detect pre-intrusion behavioral anomalies through zone loitering duration analysis, unusual vehicle parking patterns, and exterior lighting anomalies using Frigate NVR integrated with Home Assistant.
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JournalMay 2026
Smart Home Flood and Fire Early Warning: Zigbee Water Sensor + Smoke Detector + LINE Alert
Smart Home Flood and Fire Early Warning: Zigbee Water Sensor + Smoke Detector + LINE Alert
Design a smart flood and fire early warning system using Zigbee water leak sensors under sinks and washing machines, smoke detectors (Nest Protect vs Zigbee), CO detectors, and automated fire response that shuts HVAC and unlocks exit doors — with immediate LINE alerts.
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JournalMay 2026
Gait Analysis and Fall Risk Prediction: Analysing Elderly Gait with Pressure Mat and Optical Flow
Gait Analysis and Fall Risk Prediction: Analysing Elderly Gait with Pressure Mat and Optical Flow
Use pressure mat arrays or optical flow from cameras to analyse elderly gait — detecting gait speed below 0.8 m/s and shortened step length as early fall risk biomarkers, with a digital TUG test via Home Assistant alerting families before accidents occur.
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JournalMay 2026
Unified IoT Dashboard: MQTT Broker + Node-RED + InfluxDB + Grafana for Smart Home
Unified IoT Dashboard: MQTT Broker + Node-RED + InfluxDB + Grafana for Smart Home
Design a unified smart home dashboard architecture using Mosquitto MQTT broker, Node-RED for data flow, InfluxDB time-series database, and Grafana for visualisation — consolidating security, air quality, and elderly monitoring data into a single dashboard.
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JournalMay 2026
4G/LTE Cellular Backup for Home Alarm Systems: Keeping Alerts Active When Internet Fails
4G/LTE Cellular Backup for Home Alarm Systems: Keeping Alerts Active When Internet Fails
Design a cellular backup communicator for smart security using 4G LTE (SIM7600) and GSM (SIM800L) modules to deliver SMS/call alerts when fibre internet or Wi-Fi fails — ensuring 99.9% uptime even if an intruder cuts the line.
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JournalMay 2026
Predictive AQI Control: LSTM Forecasting to Pre-activate Air Purifiers Before PM2.5 Spikes
Predictive AQI Control: LSTM Forecasting to Pre-activate Air Purifiers Before PM2.5 Spikes
Use an LSTM neural network to forecast Bangkok AQI 1–4 hours ahead using IQAir API data, meteorological inputs, and seasonal patterns — proactively controlling air purifiers and ERV before PM2.5 reaches hazardous levels, reducing average exposure by 40–60%.
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