Category: DIY Projects

Budget-friendly smart home projects and tutorials

DIY ESP32 sensor board flashed with ESPHome on a workbench

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Jun 19, 2026 7 min read

ESP32 and ESPHome DIY Sensors: Build Your Own

An ESP32 flashed with ESPHome is the best-value sensor in a DIY smart home — a few dollars of hardware that reports straight to your...

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Raspberry Pi running Home Assistant with an SSD and Zigbee coordinator

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Jun 18, 2026 8 min read

Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi: The Complete Setup

Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi is the cheapest reliable way to run a local-first smart home brain. A Pi 4 or Pi 5 booting...

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Local-first DIY smart home setup with a Raspberry Pi hub and ESP32 sensors

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Jun 18, 2026 16 min read

DIY Smart Home Projects: Build Your Own Local-First System

DIY smart home projects are the fastest way to break free of the app-per-device trap. Instead of buying another cloud gadget that stops working when...

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