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+title: "Community Highlights: 8th edition"
+description: "Control your home with a StreamDeck, updates to ESPHome and a vintage project."
+date: 2021-02-12 00:00:00
+date_formatted: "February 12, 2021"
+author: Klaas Schoute
+author_twitter: klaasnicolaas
+categories: Community
+og_image: /images/blog/2021-02-12-community-highlights/social.png
+---
+
+The 8th edition of the Home Assistant Community Highlights! Some interesting
+things popped up around our community, we thought was worth sharing. But first of all, 
+I would like to introduce myself and say Hello! Because it’s no longer Frenck who 
+writes the community highlights, but a new person.
+
+My name is Klaas Schoute, 25 years old (almost 26 🥳) and living in the Netherlands. Currently, I’m
+studying interaction technology at the university of applied sciences in Leiden and
+from this week until the summer I’m doing an internship at Nabu Casa.
+
+In the coming period, I will be working on energy measurements: what ways there are to
+measure energy, which insights you can gain from it and how you could optimize consumption.
+
+./Klaas
+
+## Control your home from a StreamDeck
+
+Especially the streamers "among us" will really enjoy this! There is now a way to operate
+your Home Assistant using the buttons on a StreamDeck but also display certain sensor values.
+
+How cool is this!
+
+<object type="image/svg+xml" data="https://gh-card.dev/repos/cgiesche/streamdeck-homeassistant.svg?link_target=_blank"></object>
+
+<a href="https://github.com/cgiesche/streamdeck-homeassistant" target="_blank">
+  <img
+    src='/images/blog/2021-02-12-community-highlights/streamdeck.png'
+    alt="Screenshot from the StreamDeck software"
+    style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;'
+  />
+</a>
+
+## ESPHome update
+
+Quite recently ESPHome has received a new update (1.16.0), with a lot of new hardware support.
+From now on, you will also be able to expect more frequent updates, as they have adopted a monthly release cycle.
+
+<p class='img'>
+  <a href="https://esphome.io/changelog/v1.16.0.html" target="_blank">
+    <img
+      src='/images/blog/2021-02-12-community-highlights/esphome.png'
+      alt="A new release update of ESPHome"
+      style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;'
+      />
+  </a>
+  Click on the picture to see the entire changelog.
+</p>
+
+## Mechanical sculptures
+
+jessecakeindustries shared a nice vintage project on the [Home Assistant subreddit][reddit] and
+wonders whether there might be a market for these kinds of products. Quite a funny device
+to remind yourself in certain situations 🙂
+
+Who else would want one in the house?
+
+<blockquote class="reddit-card" data-card-created="1613128537">
+<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/l1w4gh/is_there_a_market_for_bespoke_home_automation/">Is there a market for bespoke home automation components? You may recall I built this interface to our home that speaks, rings, and lights regular alerts. It has tasmota at its heart so is hardware based and easily interfaced with Home Assistant. Is there a market for me to make this kind of thing?</a> from <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant">r/homeassistant</a>
+</blockquote>
+<script async src="//embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
+
+## 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