Tag: home-assistant
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LinknLink eMotion Air: mmWave presence without a power cable
A practical review of the LinknLink eMotion Air battery-powered mmWave presence sensor, covering detection range and angle, the 1.5 year battery claim, Bluetooth and Zigbee modes, Home Assistant setup and price.
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Sonocotta Esparagus Audio Brick: whole home audio as infrastructure
A practical review of the Sonocotta Esparagus Audio Brick, covering its ESP32 and TAS5825M architecture, amplifier limits, DSP, Home Assistant, multiroom software, installation, thermals, and maintenance.
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I Connected AI to My Smart Home Through a Mac Studio
How to connect a local LLM to Home Assistant and HomeKit using a Mac Studio as an always-on smart home brain. Fully local voice pipeline with Whisper, context-aware automations, latency versus Siri and Alexa, and honest setup complexity.
