Hardware accelerated graphics on the raspberry pi4 for a speedier KDS

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Surfacing the right information at the right time in the right place is a difficult but essential task for any credible automation system.

I have been experimenting with the concept of a Home Assistant powered KDS for a few years now and have found that the refrigerator happens to be an especially good place to surface some information and device controls.

Yes, it's over-exposed and shot at an awkward angle but that's what it took to minimize glare!

Two quick tricks for better HomeAssistant automations

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

It’s hard to believe, but the venerable Home Assistant project has just celebrated it’s 7th birthday with release .115! While HA does get better with each new release, it is by no means perfect :D. This post came about because of a new feature in release .115 and the subsequent limitations of that feature!

In the course of trying to integrate Home Assistant with all the things, everybody eventually hits some major limitation or bug and is forced to find some sort of workaround. Below are a few techniques that I’ve collected over the years to simplify some of my Home Assistant configuration and work around some of the platforms various limitations.

Home Assistant on karl

Hardware accelerated graphics on the raspberry pi4 for a speedier KDS

Two quick tricks for better HomeAssistant automations