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Hey everyone,

Every time I needed to expand my Home Assistant setup or configure an NVR like Frigate, I hit the same wall. Checking for true ONVIF support, sub-stream resolutions, PoE vs. WiFi, or physical IP ratings meant opening 15 different tabs of scattered retailer specs and vendor PDFs.

To fix this, I compiled a fully queryable database (JSON + CSV) covering 50+ major brands (Hikvision, Dahua, Reolink, Axis, Amcrest, Tapo, UniFi, Ubiquiti, etc.).

What's inside for smart home builders:

• Local Control Check: True ONVIF / RTSP protocol support flag.
• Power & Connection: PoE / WiFi / Battery / 4G filters.
• Hardware Specs: Resolution, sensor size, lens, night vision range.
• Enclosure: IP (weather) and IK (vandal) ratings.
• Audio: Two-way audio support.
• Availability: Regional market tags (handy for filtering what you can actually buy in the US vs. EU/UK).

It's 100% Free, CC0 (Public Domain), no accounts, and no subscriptions. Just clean data to help you pick the right local hardware.

• Browse the web UI: https://ch-bas.github.io/cctv-camera-database/
• GitHub Repo: https://github.com/ch-bas/cctv-camera-database

If you notice a camera model missing from your own setup, there's a simple GitHub issue form to submit it—no git cloning or coding required. Hopefully, this saves you some tab-clutter on your next hardware upgrade!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ar0v3r on 2026-06-10 04:05:54+00:00.

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Hi all! Sharing progress on my E1003 ESPHome project- nothing particularly special on the calendar side, but I think I've worked out the battery optimization with some real world numbers. TL;DR: I'm seeing what looks like 3+ months of battery life at 4hr refreshes. The Github is here with a picture here. Seeed link.

I wanted an e-ink display on the fridge for family scheduling, ideally wireless. Comparing the TRMNL X and the E1003 (same display, same ESP32S3 but a few key differences), I went with Seeed (despite their stated lack of ESPHome support) after seeing this XDA page. $182 shipped to California, arrived from China in under a week. Several mounting options on the back...4 cup magnets and 4 M3x10mm screws later, it's on the fridge.

The device looked great out of the box, good overall build quality with metal enclosure, touchscreen and sensors are nice-to-have. Unfortunately, taking a multimeter to the device showed deep sleep was drawing ~4mA, enough to kill the battery in 20-30 days and turn wake power consumption basically irrelevant. After some digging (Seeed publishing the schematics was a huge help here), I found that the SD card and touchscreen driver pins were floating HIGH during sleep. Properly holding those pins LOW dropped the sleep current to below my meter's detection limit. I'm losing ~1% battery/day (give or take) over 10 days, which projects to roughly 3+ months...good enough that I've shelved the Adafruit TPL5110 hard power cut I had planned (which could potentially triple that number). Overall I'm very happy with the outcome, and I think the time savings + quality of components was worth the cost difference vs going full DIY with the build.

Special thanks to u/averitablerogue for giving this code a test on his project as well.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Jun_imgibble on 2026-06-10 04:47:25+00:00.

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Anyone using Home Assistant and Immich, and Immich Kiosk? I have just built my personal open-source project for controlling multiple digital frames in and out of house. It is completely open-source and feel free to fork, PR, do whatever you want.

https://github.com/hyungyunlim/immich-ha-sa

https://immich-frame.junlim.org/en/

I am running four digital frames, two in my house, each in my family's apartment. I have been using Immich Kiosk on Free Kiosk(Android app) for a while and wanted to control multiple digital frames remotely.

Unfortunately, Immich nor Immich Kiosk provide remotely configurable methods and thus I just built controller layer on top of these two open sources. Good thing is that you can control the devices through Home Assistant automation.

For instance, you want digital frames to be turned off at certain time, when there is no one in a room. When someone visits your house, you can filter persons, and show relevant pictures accordingly.

Since it was initially built as personal project and use, I assume there is a lot to be desired. Feel free to leave a issue, PR on the Github.

This is how add on looks like

This is how integration looks like

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Affectionate-Tea-650 on 2026-06-09 22:35:14+00:00.

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I am exploring an early-stage idea and would appreciate thoughtful criticism, pointers to related work, and advice from people who understand Home Assistant better than I do.

My name is Mark Shea. Years ago, I owned and operated a small in-home care agency in Washington State. That experience left me with a problem I have never quite stopped thinking about:

How can families notice when an older adult may need attention without turning that person's home into a surveillance space?

Many families face an uncomfortable choice. They want reassurance that a parent or neighbor is okay, but they do not want cameras, constant monitoring, or a system that treats a human being as a collection of risk scores.

The idea I am exploring is called the Caring Sensor Community, or CSC.

At its simplest, CSC would use modest, consented household sensors and locally controlled processing to notice meaningful changes in ordinary routines. A motion sensor might notice that the kitchen has not been active during the usual morning window. A temperature sensor might notice that a home has become dangerously cold. A door sensor might notice an unusual pattern.

The first response would not necessarily be an alarm or an emergency call. It might simply be a gentle suggestion to a trusted care circle:

“Someone may want to check in.”

The principle I keep returning to is:

Sensors advise. People decide.

I am particularly interested in designs that keep household data local, share only the minimum necessary information, and make consent visible and revocable. I am not trying to create a medical device or a substitute for family, caregivers, or neighbors.

One small prototype I am considering is a modern version of a paired “presence lamp.” A lamp in one home glows softly when ordinary activity is noticed near its paired lamp in another home. The signal is deliberately small. It is closer to noticing a porch light across the street than checking a monitoring dashboard.

Home Assistant seems potentially important because so much of the local-first infrastructure, device integration, and community knowledge may already exist. I do not want to reinvent good work that other people have already done.

I also do not assume that this broader idea is original. Someone may already be doing something similar, or doing it better and further along. If so, I would genuinely like to learn about it.

My questions for this community are:

1. Are there existing Home Assistant projects, integrations, blueprints, or community efforts focused on aging in place or gentle care-circle check-ins?
2. What technical or ethical problems do you immediately see?
3. What would you keep local, and what, if anything, would you allow to leave the home?
4. Does a small prototype such as a presence lamp seem like a useful place to start?
5. Are there people or projects I should learn from before going further?

I am at the listening stage. Questions, cautions, references, and constructive skepticism are all welcome.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Immediate_Task9124 on 2026-06-09 16:41:40+00:00.

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I have been using Home Assistant for about two years now and recently hit a point where I stopped relying on blueprints and started writing my own automations from the ground up. It has been a steep learning curve but worth it.

My current favorite is a presence detection system that combines phone GPS, WiFi connection status, and a door sensor to figure out if someone is actually home or just nearby. It took a few iterations but now almost never triggers a false departure or arrival.

Curious what automations other people here have built themselves that they are genuinely proud of. Not just something that works, but something where you learned a lot in the process or solved a problem that felt tricky at the time.

Does not have to be complex. Sometimes the simple ones that just work perfectly are more satisfying than the elaborate ones. Feel free to share your YAML snippets or just describe the logic if you want.

This community has a ton of creative problem solvers and I would love to hear what people have put together. Hopefully it gives newer users some inspiration too.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Single_Ad_2068 on 2026-06-08 19:58:23+00:00.

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Hi everyone,

This project started as a continuation of my previous idea: turning a simple ceiling speaker into a “smart” speaker. After the first experiment, I decided to buy a couple more ceiling speakers, but this time something better quality. I think it worked out quite well — the sound became much better, and the speakers were still quite cheap.

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The speakers were originally not intended for this type of use. They are 70–100V ceiling speakers with an internal transformer. But after removing the transformer, they become normal 8 Ohm speakers. As a bonus, the empty space left inside the enclosure is perfect for installing my own electronics.

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For the electronics, I used small modules from AliExpress, including an ESP32-S3 board, a MAX98357A I2S Class-D mono DAC/amplifier, and a capacitor to help with power stability and bass response. After some small modifications, everything fits inside the original speaker housing.

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So, the hardware part was more or less solved.

The harder part was the firmware.

I wanted something universal for my own ESP32 audio projects. Existing solutions did not fully satisfy me. ESPHome and Tasmota are great for many tasks, but for this project they felt too limited and did not expose all the functionality I wanted from the ESP32-S3.

So I wrote my own firmware.

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Main features

The firmware includes a web interface where I can configure and control the device directly.

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One of the features I wanted was visual GPIO configuration. The firmware allows assigning input/output pins, and the device layout can be shown visually using SVG illustrations of supported boards and modules.

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Of course, it is impossible to include SVG illustrations for every possible board, module, and peripheral because firmware storage is limited, but I added a useful basic set.

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The speaker can also play internet radio stations from around the world.

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There is monitoring for current ESP32-S3 parameters, including:

• chip status
• CPU/load information
• temperature
• RAM usage
• SD card usage

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The firmware also supports assigning different audio files for different events, for example:

• startup sound
• shutdown sound
• firmware update sound
• error sound
• alarm sound
• background music

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Each event can also have its own individual volume level.

Because the device has an SD card, I also added a small file manager. From there, it is possible to browse files and play music directly from the card. MP3 and other formats are supported, including FLAC.

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OTA and safe updates

One of the reasons I like ESP32 devices is OTA updating.

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For this project, I also wanted safe OTA behavior. This is useful when a device is installed somewhere difficult to access — for example, in a ceiling, or on Mars.

If a firmware update is uploaded over the air and something goes wrong, the device can detect boot loops and roll back to the previous working firmware. This makes remote updates much safer.

If the update fails, the device response makes it clear that something went wrong, and then I can fix the problem without physically opening the device.

Why I built custom firmware

There are still many other features, and writing the firmware took quite a lot of time. The main reason I built it myself was that I wanted one universal platform for my own ESP32-S3 smart audio projects, with more control than ready-made firmware solutions usually provide.

The project is still developing, and I would be very happy to hear feedback, suggestions, or ideas from the community.

Project GitHub:

github.com

GitHub - elik745i/ESP32-S3-Ceiling-Speaker

Contribute to elik745i/ESP32-S3-Ceiling-Speaker development by creating an account on GitHub.

Thanks for reading, and have a great day!

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I was originally looking at motorized blackout shades, but now I’m considering cellular / honeycomb shades instead. The insulation claim makes sense on paper, but I’m trying to figure out how much it matters once the shades are automated anyway.

Is the shade style doing a lot of the work here, or is it mostly about timing and closing them before the room heats up? I’m mainly trying to keep the room comfortable and stop the AC from working so hard.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/EngineerBoy00 on 2026-06-07 18:32:27+00:00.

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I'm automating the watering of two very large pots I have flanking my front door. My plan was to use soil moisture sensors from ThirdReality to trigger the watering.

I got two of the ThirdReality Smart Soil Moisture Sensor Gen2 units and put one in each pot. I fully watered the pots and both sensors showed moisture readings briefly peaking up near 100%, then settling down to the 75%-85% range after a few hours of draining, which was expected.

However, from that point forward both sensors essentially did a daily oscillation between 75%-85% but never decreased overall, for literal weeks. I have a commercial handheld soil moisture sensor which I could insert right near them and it gave expected readings.

If I slid the pots around to clean behind them then the ThirdReality sensors would suddenly jump to correct levels. Similarly, if I removed and reinserted the sensors they would register correctly. I thought maybe the soil was loose/uncompacted and had air gaps so I ensured it was compacted, but this did not change the behavior.

Note that when I watered the sensors would register the increase in moisture without issue, the problem was after the watering they would never decrease below the 75%-85% range unless I jiggled or reseated them.

I opened a case with ThirdReality support and the bottom line was they said it was a connectivity issue due to the LQIs of the devices being between 85 and 150. I was able to export the readings from HA and show dozens of readings per hour with micro-variations in moisture levels, to me clearly proving that connectivity wasn't the issue, but ThirdReality support stuck to their guns.

Finally, I moved the sensors and hub closer together to get LQIs above 150 consistently, but the issue remained the same. At that point I was done with these sensors and ThirdReality support and switched to a different vendor (Ecowitt) whose sensors have been functioning perfectely, inserted just a few centimeters away from the ThirdReality sensors.

Note that I've happily used other ThirdReality products, such as their zigbee wall plugs, without issue. However, given the fact that two separate moisture sensors exhibited the same issue AND ThirdReality support continually gaslit me regarding connectivity I cannot recommend these moisture sensors.

That being said I'd be very curious to hear from anyone else who has used these sensors and NOT had this issue.