Braden’s Reliable, Low-Cost Home Automation System With Zero YAML Powered by Home Assistant
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Electrical engineer Braden joins Phil and Rohan to share practical Home Assistant wins. From migrating to Zigbee2MQTT, taming a Whirlpool ice maker with ESPHome, building a garage door opener, and planning a sensor-packed greenhouse lab.
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Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:23 - Meet Brayden in Windy Indiana 00:03:35 - From Hue to Home Assistant 00:08:50 - Greenhouse Lab Plans 00:12:45 - Nursery Voice and Motion Tactics 00:18:20 - RFID Cards for Kids’ Media 00:29:00 - Zigbee2MQTT, Aqara, Litter Box Hack 00:36:40 - ESPHome: Ice Maker and Garage 00:43:40 - Power Monitoring and Breakers 00:47:00 - Unifi, Cameras, and ZBT-2 00:52:30 - Agents, Dashboards, and Presence 01:00:20 - Wrap-up and Thanks
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