I live in a small house of 25 square meters, my mission is to transform this space into the smartest student studio what is possible. On this page you can find what I use in terms of integration, add-ons and hardware. Also check out Github because you will find all of my code there.
If any of the links are broken, please inform me!
Hardware
In house
Below is a selection of the most important devices that I use in my house.
| Nr. | Category | Hardware | State | ||
| 1. | Zigbee hub | Conbee II stick | In use | ||
| 2. | Lights | Ikea tradfri lights – All types of fittings | In use | ||
| 3. | Lights | Blitzwolf BW-LT11 led strips (ESPHome firmware) | In use | ||
| 4. | Lights | WS2812 strips (WLED) | In use | ||
| 5. | Media / Assistant | Google Home | Replacing it | ||
| 6. | Sensors | Xiaomi Aqara Temperature & Humidity Sensors | In use | ||
| 7. | Sensors | Xiaomi Aqara Window Door Sensors | In use | ||
| 8. | Sensors | Xiaomi Aqara Motion Sensors | In use | ||
| 9. | Sensors | Xiaomi Mijia Light Sensors | In use | ||
| 10. | Sensors | IKEA VINDRIKTNING (ESPHome firmware) | In use | ||
| 11. | Sensors | Xiaomi Mijia Presence Sensors (BLE) | In use | ||
| 12. | Curtains | Xiaomi Curtains with track and motor | In use | ||
| 13. | Switch | Xiaomi Aqara Smart switch (Zigbee) | In use | ||
| 14. | Switch | Opple 6-way switch (Zigbee) | In use | ||
| 15. | Switch | Xiaomi Aqara D1 – 1 way (Zigbee) | In use | ||
| 16. | Switch | Fingerbot Plus (Zigbee) | In use | ||
| 17. | Valve | SONOFF Thermostatic Radiator Valve (Zigbee) | In use | ||
| 18. | Plug | Blitzwolf BW-SHP13 smart plugs (Zigbee) | In use |
Host
For running Home Assistant, I would recommend to use an Intel NUC for better scalability and future-proofing, despite the initial cost of around €300. Alternatively, if budget is a concern, you can consider the Home Assistant Yellow or Odroid-M1. Many beginners start with a Raspberry Pi, but upgrading to a more powerful hardware like Intel NUC is advisable for long-term usage. Below you will find the hardware I use for Home Assistant:
| Nr. | Hardware |
| 1. | HP Elitedesk 800 G4 mini -> running Proxmox |
| 2. | 32 GB Ram (2x 16 GB) |
| 3. | 1TB SSD |
Integrations
For the most accurate list check out my Github repository.
Custom Integrations
Home Assistant is a large open source project, which means that every integration was once offered as Pull Requrest on Github to merge as native integration into Home Assistant. If an integration exists but it is not already native to Home Assistant, we speak of a custom integration, which you must load sideways into a separate folder.
| Nr. | Custom Integration | Github Page |
| 1. | Hacs | Github Repo |
| 2. | Google Home | Github Repo |
| 3. | Powercalc | Github Repo |
Add-ons for Hass.io
| Nr. | Add-on | Documentation | Github page |
| 1. | Hass.io Google Drive backup | Community Page | Github |
| 2. | MariaDB | Add-on Page | Github |
| 3. | SSH & Web Terminal | Community Page | Github |
| 4. | Visual Studio Code | Community Page | Github |
| 5. | Zigbee2MQTT (Z2M) | Github | |
| 6. | ESPHome Dashboard | Github |