Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Update on my wife. We arrived at the ER around 9 PM. After a few hours they brought her back and ran a bunch of tests. She was admitted around 6 AM. I went home to get a little sleep, but am headed back to the hospital shortly. She is in good hands and I’m hopeful she will be discharged today. 🙏🏼

Also, my wife is getting a birthday trip to the emergency room tonight. So, yeah, not the finest of birthdays. I’ll be very happy to put 2024 behind us come January. Sigh. 😔

AOC is a boss. I love her so much.

Rather than building out JSONL content by hand for the openHASP configuration, I wrote a Python library that I can use to define everything in code, including attaching automations for Home Assistant. Simply write some code, run a script, and it outputs the openHASP configuration in JSONL, and Home Assistant yaml files for automations etc.

Still some kinks to work out on the software side, but once I get it all wrapped up, I’ll post some photos and maybe a video. #nerdery #openHASP #HomeAutomation

Features:
- Activity selection (Apple TV, Plex streamer box, gaming PC)
- Individual control of all lights and fans
- Scene selection
- Control of my “magic poster”
- Display of “now playing” artwork for all activities
- Context-aware remote control

I am very pleased with the hardware. I need to sand off a rough spot on the case, but that’s it. I hadn’t soldered in years, and have discovered that having a pronounced tremble makes it maddening!

Built a custom home control panel for my home theater, and just finished the hardware. It’s an ESP32-S3 board with an integrated 5” display, 3.7V battery with a USB-C charging module and voltage step-up to 5V, and custom 3D printed case.