The blinds communicate to [Toni]’s Home Assistant network using MQTT. All the software is available on the project’s GitHub repository, and the 3D-printed case design is posted on Thingiverse.

If you’re working on a home automation project, you’re probably knee-deep into MQTT by now. If not, you should be. The lightweight messaging protocol is an ideal choice for getting your “Things” on ...

Entire folder structure containing Home Assistant, ESPHome and Mosquitto: smart-home/ ├── ESPHome/ │ └── docker-compose.yml ├── home-assistant/ │ ├── Dockerfile │ ├── docker-compose.yml (This ...

In Home Assistant's MQTT integration, you can either use the automatically generated username and password provided by the Mosquitto broker add-on or create a dedicated user for MQTT connections. The ...

Ever wished your Velux roller shutters could talk to Home Assistant? This is the hardware way: Using a hacked remote control, an ESP32 and MQTT to bring smart automation to your shutters, while ...