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#TwoMinuteTeardown: Home Assistant Voice - Preview Edition

Home Assistant Voice: Preview Edition teardown

This is a quick #TwoMinuteTeardown post for the recently released Home Assistant Voice Node - Preview edition.

Normally, I’d be doing a full teardown, but this is a little different; the Home Assistant team has done a lot of the work out in the open. With just a quick Google, you can find official:

  • teardown instructions here.
  • source code here.
  • 3D printable case files.
  • Instructions for adding custom devices here.

I am grateful for such a well-documented and open project. Truly, by hackers for hackers!

Multi-Material Printing Hack for Prusa XL

In the same spirit as an earlier post, here is a quick hack I used to get my dual-headed Prusa XL printer to print with three materials at once.

While the technique worked, it may not be the best method, so proceed with caution.

The problem

I am trying to print a part that requires two different materials at the same time: ABS and TPU.

The shaded blue area is meant to be TPU/FLEX material. The shaded yellow area is meant to be ABS material.

The shaded blue area is meant to be TPU/FLEX material. The shaded yellow area is meant to be ABS material.