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Securing Home Assistant API access for Dakboard — with Caddy

Securing Home Assistant API access for Dakboard — with Caddy

Back in 2021 I added Home Assistant sensor data to our Dakboard monitor. But I did so using a long-lived access token directly on the Dakboard blocks — which is not great for a couple of reasons: …

Measuring outdoor temperature with a Raspberry Pi and DS18B20 probe

Measuring outdoor temperature with a Raspberry Pi and DS18B20 probe

We have a Dakboard digital calendar in our kitchen — showing lots of house and temperature data. So naturally; it must show the actual outdoor temperature as well. To do this I used a Raspberry Pi 2, …

Interfacing Komfovent C6 in Home Assistant

Interfacing Komfovent C6 in Home Assistant

We recently got balanced ventilation installed, and discovered that our ventilation unit has Modbus TCP/IP support. I even found a thread on the Home Assistant community talking about interfacing the …

Controlling the Raspberry Pi HDMI port — with MQTT and Home Assistant

Controlling the Raspberry Pi HDMI port — with MQTT and Home Assistant

We have a Raspberry Pi driven digital calendar in the kitchen. I’m currently using crontab to turn the HDMI port off at night, and when we’re at work. But a much more flexible solution is to control …

DAKboard external data — using Home Assistant

DAKboard external data — using Home Assistant

Earlier this year I put up a Raspberry Pi powered DAKboard display. It shows photos from our Google Photos albums, the time and weather, and most importantly; our shared calendar. But I’d like it to …

Raspberry Pi DAKboard display

Raspberry Pi DAKboard display

My girlfriend wanted a digital calendar on the kitchen wall; I made one with a 24" monitor, a Raspberry Pi and DAKboard.