After a very interesting (German) toot about a CO₂ sensor I also purchased such a sensor (TFA Dostman AIRCO₂NTROL MINI) and of course my goal was to have it as sensor within Home Assistant. Luckily, there already is a project to collect the sensor data via MQTT, called CO2MqttSensor. Unfortunately at first, while it’s possible to get it running via shell in TrueNAS, it is not recommended, since it would require to install a system service to stay running. But there is a solution via a Docker app!
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New combined temperature/humidity Home Assistant card
While searching for improving the way to display temperature and humidity in Home Assistant, I found a new way by using some custom cards.
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Vacuuming and mopping
After nearly 4 years, it’s time to replace my Roborock S4 Max with a new vacuum cleaner that can also mop. I decided for an Ecovacs Deebot T80 OMNI and so far, it’s really nice.
It’s a little bit slower, but way quieter (incredible, especially due to the fact that the vacuum performance raised from 2.000 Pa to now 18.000 Pa) and I can properly control it via Matter and in Home Assistant out of the box.
Besides getting the mopping capability – which was necessary due to a new home with a floor you see every dirt – I always disliked how the Roborock navigates around obstacles. It more or less crashed into it, resulting in many scratches in my chair and table legs. From that point of view, you can clearly see the development in navigation of vacuum robots.