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Focusing on home automation, Home Assistant and smart home devices. Plus anything else that catches my interest!
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Many of the links that I provide to parts or items listed in a video description or in replies to comments may be Amazon Affiliate links. Use of these links do not affect your pricing, but as an Amazon affiliate the channel may earn a small commission from your purchase. You can see a list of some of my favorite and most commonly used items on my Amazon page: www.amazon.com/shop/resinchemtech
However, if you wish to say thanks for an idea, help I may have provided or to help fund future videos, you can also buy me a one-off cup of coffee at: www.buymeacoffee.com/resinchemtech
Thank you for supporting this channel and the work that I do!
MQTT and Home Assistant: An Abridged Version
Curious about using MQTT with Home Assistant? In this short abridged version of my other MQTT videos, I'll cover:
· What is MQTT and when might you use it?
· Setting up MQTT with Home Assistant in minutes
· Controlling devices and receiving updates with MQTT in Home Assistant
· Adding MQTT to your custom devices and projects
· Implementing MQTT Discovery for automatic creation of your entities
This is not intended as a complete "how-to" video, but more of an introduction. Each topic discussed will include a link to a seperate related video with many more details and step-by-step directions for those topics. These related videos are also linked below.
Chapter Links:
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00:00 Introduction...
· What is MQTT and when might you use it?
· Setting up MQTT with Home Assistant in minutes
· Controlling devices and receiving updates with MQTT in Home Assistant
· Adding MQTT to your custom devices and projects
· Implementing MQTT Discovery for automatic creation of your entities
This is not intended as a complete "how-to" video, but more of an introduction. Each topic discussed will include a link to a seperate related video with many more details and step-by-step directions for those topics. These related videos are also linked below.
Chapter Links:
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00:00 Introduction...
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Add a Display to Your DIY Project (Beginner Friendly!)
Просмотров 3,9 тыс.28 дней назад
Want to take your DIY project from basic to brilliant? Adding a display can completely transform its functionality and look! I'll walk through a few of the different types of displays available, how to choose the right one for your needs, and the step-by-step process of connecting it to an ESP32. I'll also cover the basics of configuring each device with ESPHome or Arduino so that you can show ...
Bench Testing Made Easy: Build a Custom Breakout Board!
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.Месяц назад
Create a DIY breakout board for easily testing your projects and components. Easily modifiable for your own needs, the design shown in this video supports both the ESP8266 D1 Mini and the ESP32 Mini, breaking out most GPIO pins. It also adds additional 5V, 3.3V and ground pins for connecting your peripherals. An optional level shifter is included for LED projects or when you need to shift a sig...
Home Assistant 2024: Fully Pardoned?
Просмотров 6 тыс.Месяц назад
Previously I did a video expressing concerns about the direction and longer term viabilty of Home Assistant. Now a year and a half later, not only has Home Assistant significanlty changed, a few major announcements were made at the recent State of the Open Home annual livestream. In this video, I'll review some of those major areas of concern and see how Home Assistant has been doing in those a...
WLED: Mastering Segments, Multi-pin & Multi-Controller Setups
Просмотров 15 тыс.2 месяца назад
Take your LED projects to the next level! This video unlocks the power of WLED segments, letting you control sections of your LED display independently. I'll also explore splitting the data signal and using multiple GPIO pins for a single WLED controller. Plus, discover ways to sync and combine separate LED displays and controllers for dazzling synchronized effects. Here's what you'll learn: - ...
IGT Slot Machine: Main Battery Replacement
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.2 месяца назад
In this departure from my normal videos, I'll diagnose an error recently received on my IGT S2000 Slot Machine and repair it by replacing the mainboard battery. Along the way, I'll cover a little of what I learned about slots in general and my machine in particular. Chapter Links: 00:00 Intro and Audio Issues 01:18 Slot Machine Type and Normal Operation 02:05 Initial Error Message 02:44 Removal...
Level Up Your WLED Projects: A Guide to adding Components (no code!)
Просмотров 34 тыс.3 месяца назад
Ready to take your WLED projects beyond the basics? This video dives into the world of adding additional components to your WLED controller to unlock new project possibilities. I'll guide you through adding components such as push buttons, switches, PIR sensors, microphones, IR remote controls, dimmer/speed controls, and relays. I'll cover the wiring diagrams and how to configure the components...
Home Assistant 101: Creating and Using Packages
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.3 месяца назад
Home Assistant packages offer another way to organize and document your manually created YAML entities, automations and scripts. In this video, I'll cover why you may want to consider packages, how to enable and create your own packages and discuss some pros and cons of packages over other YAML configuration options. Chapter Links: 00:00 Intro 01:22 Split Configuration vs. Packages 03:08 Packag...
Motion and Distance Sensors for your DIY Projects
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.4 месяца назад
I'll cover some of the common types of motion and distance sensors that you can add to your DIY projects. For each, I'll show the important specs, pinouts and wiring, how it's configured in ESPHome and a few pros and cons. I also provide a couple of examples where a distance sensor might be a better choice for detecting motion over a true motion sensor. Chapter Links 00:00 Intro 00:58 Parameter...
Home Assistant 101: Splitting Your Configuration
Просмотров 4,8 тыс.4 месяца назад
Instead of one large configuration file, you can split up your Home Assistant configuration into multiple smaller files allowing you to organize, document and manage your YAML in a much more intuitive way. In this video, and upon request from many of you, I'll cover what you need to know about YAML to split your configuration and then show you the step-by-step process to split up your own confi...
Improved Dryer Notifications for Home Assistant
Просмотров 4,5 тыс.5 месяцев назад
After three years of inconsistency, I decided to upgrade my dryer sensors for my Home Assistant voice notifications. I'll briefly cover the original sensor and show the new build using a BH1750 illuminance sensor. Then I'll cover the updated ESPHome code and demo the Home Assistant automations. Written version of this project: resinchemtech.blogspot.com/2024/01/washer-dryer-updated.html Copies ...
YOUR Project Improvements and Some Channel Tweaks
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.5 месяцев назад
A quick look back at some of my previous projects and how some of my viewers improved upon or found unique implementations of these projects. I'll also give a quick update on some minor tweaks for the channel in 2024. Thanks to all of you for watching and to those that shared their projects with me. And a special thanks to those of you that subscribed in 2023! Chapter Links: 00:00 Introduction ...
MQTT 102: Add Home Assistant Discovery to your Devices
Просмотров 19 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Instead of asking users to manually enter a bunch of YAML to integrate your MQTT device, you can easily add Home Assistant MQTT discovery to your project and integrate your entities straight into Home Assistant. No fancy APIs or coding necessary. Just add a couple of MQTT messages to your device setup. I'll show you the basics, along with some recommendations for your own projects to make your ...
Home Assistant 101: How to Integrate MQTT Devices
Просмотров 25 тыс.6 месяцев назад
In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn how to manually add MQTT devices to Home Assistant when a native integration for that device is not available. It will cover the basic processes of adding MQTT sensors, switches and lights, and with this knowledge adding other types of MQTT devices should be much easier as you will hopefully have a better understanding of the official Home Assistant MQTT...
Old-School Radio: Integrating an FM Receiver into Home Assistant
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.6 месяцев назад
This is an overview of a couple of different low-cost FM receivers. I'll review the pinouts, how they are wired, explore some of the features and differences, run some tests and finally cover how a receiver can be integrated into Home Assistant for information and control. Be sure to check out the full video description below for more info. Github Repo with Code/YAML: github.com/Resinchem/FM-Re...
Unlocking the Power of PCBs: A journey of creating my first board
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.7 месяцев назад
Unlocking the Power of PCBs: A journey of creating my first board
Home Assistant 101: Input Booleans and Timers
Просмотров 12 тыс.7 месяцев назад
Home Assistant 101: Input Booleans and Timers
MCP23017 Port Expander and ESPHome: Add More I/O Pins to Your Project
Просмотров 10 тыс.8 месяцев назад
MCP23017 Port Expander and ESPHome: Add More I/O Pins to Your Project
Smart 3-way Switching with Tasmota Device Groups
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Smart 3-way Switching with Tasmota Device Groups
Home Assistant 101: Conditional Cards and Managing Dashboards
Просмотров 19 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Home Assistant 101: Conditional Cards and Managing Dashboards
Battery Powered LED Matrix - T-Shirt Build
Просмотров 12 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Battery Powered LED Matrix - T-Shirt Build
Home Assistant 101: Applying updates - Practices and Procedures
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Home Assistant 101: Applying updates - Practices and Procedures
Flashing ESPHome or Tasmota to a Smart Device
Просмотров 10 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Flashing ESPHome or Tasmota to a Smart Device
Building an LED Curtain with WLED
Просмотров 115 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Building an LED Curtain with WLED
My Favorite Components (2023 Update)
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.11 месяцев назад
My Favorite Components (2023 Update)
An NFC Card Reader for Home Assistant Automations
Просмотров 11 тыс.11 месяцев назад
An NFC Card Reader for Home Assistant Automations
A Beginner's Guide to DIY LED Projects
Просмотров 14 тыс.Год назад
A Beginner's Guide to DIY LED Projects
Bed Occupancy and IR transmitter for Home Assistant
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
Bed Occupancy and IR transmitter for Home Assistant
Home Assistant 101: How to Create Virtual Switches
Просмотров 23 тыс.Год назад
Home Assistant 101: How to Create Virtual Switches
Are I2C Level Shifters Really Too Slow?
Просмотров 12 тыс.Год назад
Are I2C Level Shifters Really Too Slow?