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Dashboards
A wall-mounted HA dashboard on a Raspberry Pi
Pi 4 + 10-inch touch panel in Chromium kiosk mode.
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NetworkingHome Assistant on Tailscale: drop the cloud remote
Reach Home Assistant from anywhere over Tailscale, with no port forwarding.
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AILocal AI camera sensors with VisionState
Turn camera frames into Home Assistant sensors (a door or bay open/closed) without the cloud.
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SensorsmmWave presence sensors, explained
LD2410 vs PIR: wiring, tuning, and when to combine with a camera.
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ESP32The ESP32 boards we actually use
C6 Super Mini, S3 and friends: which board for which job.
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