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Building a cheap wind detector (anemometer) with an ESP32 and Home Assistant

September 24, 2026 · by Chewie · Home Assistant · Leave a comment

This is a full, copy-it-exactly guide to the wind sensor that now lives inside the aircon housing on the side of our condo in Manila. Total spend was about PHP 1,500 (roughly £20), the build is two wires and a 3D-printed bracket, and the reason it exists is that a weather forecast cannot tell you […]

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Better SofaBaton X2 Integration for Home Assistant & Apple HomeKit

May 23, 2026 · by Chewie · Coding, Home Assistant · Leave a comment

SofaBaton X2 + Home Assistant: MQTT is a Disaster, Here’s How to Fix It So I’ve been doing a pretty major overhaul of my smart home setup, moving everything into Home Assistant as the “brain” and then exposing devices back to Apple Home via the HomeKit Bridge integration. Part of this involved getting my SofaBaton […]

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