diff --git a/source/_posts/2020-02-07-community-highlights.markdown b/source/_posts/2020-02-07-community-highlights.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2fe7ab3f4b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_posts/2020-02-07-community-highlights.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +--- +title: "Community Highlights: 2nd edition" +description: "DIY smart candles, automating a van, a self generating Lovelace theme and visualizing with Grafana" +date: 2020-02-07 00:00:00 +date_formatted: "February 07, 2020" +author: Franck Nijhof +author_twitter: frenck +categories: Community +og_image: /images/blog/2020-02-07-community-highlights/social.png +--- + +Thank god, its Friday! For most of us, it means we can tinker with our Home Automation projects again 😃 + +The second edition of the Community Highlights is here to provide you a fresh source of inspiration this weekend. And, if that is not enough, upgrading to the latest release of [Home Assistant Core 0.105](/blog/2020/02/05/release-105/) is definitely a recommendation for your list. It introduces tons of new shiny features for you to play with. + +So, what changes did you make to your Home Assistant setup this week? + +## DIY Smart Candles + +For starters, if you are looking for a cool DIY project, [3ATIVE](https://twitter.com/3ATIVE) shared a YouTube tutorial on how to make sweet little smart candles that work with Home Assistant. + +
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+ +The code for this project is shared on GitHub: [Smart-Candles](https://github.com/3ative/Smart-Candles). + +_Thanks [balloob](https://twitter.com/balloob), for [submitting](/suggest-community-highlight) this suggestion 👍_ + +## Vanlife: Home Assistant on the Road + +Creative use of Home Assistant; we've seen quite a few vehicles in the past being fitted with Home Assistant (including boats). [Zane Claes](https://www.instagram.com/zaneclaes) (aka Technically Wizardry), shares his story on building a vanlife van with a touch of home automation magic. + +In the past few months on the road, he built out a Home Assistant installation that's geared to work in a car/vehicle. A [full blog post](https://www.technicallywizardry.com/iot-cars-vans-home-automation/) explains how he integrated with On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) to read out the status of the van, implemented a dash camera (that doubles as a security camera), temperature sensors and the monitoring cellular internet usage. + +
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All packed up: we departed on our #vanlife adventure today

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+ + +You can read Zane's full blog post here: + + + +He also made his Home Assistant configuration [publicly available on GitHub](https://github.com/zaneclaes/van-home-assistant-config). + +_Thanks, [Robbie Trencheny](https://twitter.com/robbie) & [cgtobi](https://twitter.com/cgtobi) for sending in this item in! 👍_ + +## An auto-generating Lovelace UI theme + +Dwain Scheeren shared a preview of his Lovelace theme on the [Home Assistant Community Forum]((https://community.home-assistant.io/t/dwains-theme-an-auto-generating-lovelace-ui-theme/168593)). The cool think about this theme, is that it automatically generates itself! + +
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+ +Unfortunately, the source code for this isn't available yet, however, Dwain wrote on the forums that he is planning on releasing it soon. We are looking forward to that, Dwain! + +You can follow the development of this theme on the [dedicated topic for it on our Community Forum](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/dwains-theme-an-auto-generating-lovelace-ui-theme/168593). + +## Visualizing everything in Grafana + +[Ivana Huckova](https://twitter.com/ivanahuckova) had a Hack Day at [Grafana](https://www.grafana.com) (the company she works for) and decided to work on her home to visualize everything (in Grafana, of course). + +
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Today is a Hack Day 👩‍💻 at Grafana and I have decided to hack our home 🏠. I am going to be setting up @home_assistant, exporting metrics to @PrometheusIO and visualising everything in @grafana. Everything is going to be running at @Raspberry_Pi. Follow my progress.❤️

— Ivana Huckova (@ivanahuckova) February 7, 2020 +
+ +Click on the tweet above to see the full thread of all tweets she did that day. + +Oh, Ivana? Did you know we have Grafana available as an add-on? You can find it in the Home Assistant add-on store. + +## Got a tip for the next edition? + +Have you seen (or made) something awesome, interesting, unique, amazing, inspirational, unusual or funny, using Home Assistant? + +[Click here to send us your Community Highlight suggestion](/suggest-community-highlight). + +Also, don't forget to share your creations with us via Social Media: + +- Twitter it! Be sure to mention [@home_assistant][twitter] +- Share it on our [Facebook group][facebook-group] +- Post it to our [subreddit][reddit] +- Tag [@homeasssistant][instagram] on Instagram +- Or via chat, drop us a line in the [#lounge at Discord][chat] + +See you next edition! + +[chat]: https://www.home-assistant.io/join-chat +[facebook-group]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeAssistant/ +[instagram]: https://www.instagram.com/homeassistant/ +[reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant +[twitter]: https://www.twitter.com/home_assistant diff --git a/source/images/blog/2020-02-07-community-highlights/social.png b/source/images/blog/2020-02-07-community-highlights/social.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..358454aef1a Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/blog/2020-02-07-community-highlights/social.png differ