Tutos Haade-lab

haade-lab home automation tutorial, includes explanatory articles on home automation and electronics. Mainly on current home automation systems. There are also documented articles in computer science such as storage computers called Nas, (Network Storage Server). With free management systems based on linux. Tutorials on Raspberry hardware and other arms. Proper definition: The term home automation tutorial by haade-lab or electronics...


Installing HAOS with Armbian Bookworm 12

It’s almost 2024 and it’s still difficult to install Home Assistant OS on unsupported cards. For the sake of product testing I need to install HAOS on a dedicated card....

Eagerly awaited Truenas 'Cobia' is here!

TrueNAS like Openmediavault is part of the very restricted world of software dedicated to managing a NAS. For two years the TrueNAS team decided to create a version running on...

NSPanel controls your home easily

Not long ago I had the opportunity to visit a new school, this one, as you can imagine, is fully equipped with the knx protocol. At the entrance to each...

I tested the Corsair Lifetime Warranty

I wanted to share with you some feedback regarding the lifetime warranty offered by Corsair on the failure of a Corsair Vengeance LPX memory. The facts: In 2018 I purchased...

Hack Sonoff Zbbridge-pro and Esphome

It no longer needs to be presented, already two years since the Sonoff ZBbridge-pro was released, it is an all-in-one control gateway (zigbee-wifi-bluetooth), exclusively dedicated to products from the Sonoff...

Built a Smartphone environment in HA with UI Minimalist

As everyone knows, Home-Assistant is, in my opinion, one of the best home automation software of the moment. Well, that’s what I think. In this tutorial I will show you...

EFR32MG21 compatible Zigbee and Matter

That’s it ! Silabs confirms support for Matter gateway to zigbee and concurrent thread for EFR32MG21 chips, which equip various keys on the market like the key of Sonoff ZBDongle-E,...

SonoffLAN easily integrate Sonoff wifi modules

This time, I decided to write a 2 in 1 article, in order to introduce you to the integration of Sonoff modules via the SonoffLAN application created by AlexxIT which...

Fully automate an electric radiator in Home assistant

At the beginning I wanted to write a very simple article concerning the creation of an entity under home assistant which allowed to reverse an on/off switch command, particularly practical...

Automatizes any edf meter for 20€ in 5 minutes

There are many ways to retrieve the teleinfo from the Edf meter, one of the latest modules is the Lixee but it has the disadvantage of only being compatible with...

Loratap 4 button Zigbee remote control

First of all I wanted to thank Domadoo for providing me with the LoraTap SS9400ZB-YA wireless magnetic 4-key remote control module. It is one of those modules that make home...

Managing Backups in Homeassistant

Today I’m going to talk about an important aspect not to be overlooked in home automation: Backup. Many of us do not think about this practice except we must not...

Homeassistant automatic update

Here is a very interesting Blueprint, it allows you to automate all kinds of Homeassistant updates (Homeassistant kernel and system, Hacs, Add-ons, cards, etc…), easily creating a complete automation based...

make a double waterproof zigbee socket for 40€

The world of zigbee-compatible objects is growing rapidly, but there are still many untapped niches on certain module creations. Today a little simple creation tutorial which consists of creating a...

complete reinstallation on Jeedom Luna

After having wrote a complete article on Jeedom Luna which shows, that this box simply runs under Debian, Jeedom Luna n It’s nothing but a Dusun 210, it’s a relatively...

BLM special home automation recessed boxes

Here is a short article, concerning the integration of modules behind sockets or switches. As very often we are equipped with recessed boxes 4cm deep. Between electrical wire and the...

Testing the Nspanel Pro V1.5.4 sonoff module

Today and thanks to Itead who provided us with the Nspanel pro module as well as its support, I will be able to test this famous home automation control unit...

Which card to choose to mount your nas and home automation with nvr

I plan to equip a house with a NAS server which will be used mainly for home automation but also as a NVR recorder server. The priority is the price...

Immax Neo 07504L zigbee 3.0 siren test

The packaging is basic, the alarm is accompanied by a mains plug, 4 screws and dowels as well as the installation manual which can be downloaded below.

test of the new Moes Star Ring zigbee switch

During my years of experience in home automation I bought all kinds of connected switches, Xiaomi zigbee 1.0, Z-wave MCOhome switches overpriced and functional 2 years, Moes switches with button...

automate a virtual 2 way with 2 switch zigbee

It is common in France to want to replace its classic switches with zigbee switches. In order to save the cost, it is not to be interested in big brands...

Zigbee 3.0 plug comparison, which one to choose ?

In a world where there is no shortage of smart plugs, I am going to compare 4 zigbee 3.0 compatible plugs from the brand Nous, Neo, Aqara and Lidl. Trying...

Linkplay and Up2stream the quality DIY multiroom

I’ve wanted to write this review for a while, as I didn’t after purchasing the Up2stream Amp V3 board, but two years later, I can say that this product has...

Domotizes the Itron water meter with esp and cc1101 in ha for 10€

Recently version 2022.11 of Homeassistant supports the water energy meter, it is possible to recover the data easily using esp and that for around 10€. In my case the meter...

interference between zigbee and wifi frequency 2.4ghz

Both ZigBee and Wi-Fi channels operate in the 2.4 GHz band, the frequencies are very close so interference may occur depending on the channel settings. Careful planning must be done...

ZBDongle-P VS ZBDongle-E

Today we are going to compare two ZigBee keys from the sonoff brand, the ZBDongle-P and the ZBDongle-E. The ZBDongle-P has a CC2652P processor, which has been tested for a...

Domotical Box Rail Din Home-assistant and Raspberrypi

For a long time I had the home automation system integrated into docker on the family NAS. But over time the installation has grown and as everyone knows the physical...

Zoneminder, home assistant and Machinelearning

Dlandon this year released a Docker image complete with Zoneminder and Machinelearning, integration into home assistant is complete. This is why this article absolutely had to see the light of...

home assistant icon tip

Here is in the series of the very small tutorials . I will quickly describe how to change an icon of a binary sensor thanks to the device_class, by customization...

[TEST] and [INSTALL] Zigbee Thermostat Moes BHT-002

Today I will test and install the Zigbee BHT-002 thermostat from the Moes brand, more precisely the electric heating version BHT-002-GBLZBW, this one will be replace with the Atlantic thermostat...

Integrate your electricity meter (teleinfo) in Home Assistant

For my first post on the blog, I suggest you see together how to integrate the information from your electricity meter (teleinfo) into Home Assistant for around € 14. This...

Automate your garage door for 5€

In this article I will simply show you how to automate your garage door for 5 € with homeassistant and an esp8266 7-30V module. The domotized motor is a hormann...

Esphome and Homeassistant integrations

ESPHome is a program injection system to control your ESP8266 / ESP32 wifi modules with simple but powerful configuration files and control them remotely via home automation systems such as...