Home Assistant Configuration
This is my Home Assistant Configuration. It's constructed using the packages approach for the integrations, sensors and automations and then retains the Lovelace UI for managing dashboards:
Main Features
These are some of my favourite automations/integrations/devices:
Child Sleep Sensor
Uses a combination of sensors (withings sleep matt, smartthings motion sensor, pi noise sensor) to detect if my son is asleep.
See /packages/areas/upstairs/bedroom1/noise_sensor.
Hot Tub Water Quality Sensor
For the laz-y-spa hot tub, I built my own water quality sensor so I know when to add chemicals to the tub. The hot tub is also automated via lay-z-spa hottub.
Brush your teeth reminder
This one is a little silly, but I'm terrible at remembering to brush my teeth in the evening. Using an Oral B Genius toothbrush, a smartthings power monitoring plug and bt-mqtt-gateway, I get a reminder from the Alexa next to my bed if I forget to do it before going to bed.
See /packages/areas/upstairs/upstairs_bathroom/.
Dog friendly auto vacuuming
Using a waterproof tile tracker, home assistant knows when the dog is out for a walk and will start cleaning the house with the ecovacs vacuums, plus do a quick spot clean shortly after she returns.
See /packages/areas/downstairs/kitchen/vacuum/.
Automating Kids Bedtime
Using Velux Active Blinds, Kasa Plugs and scheduled powering off of devices, lots of the repetitive kids bedtime tasks are removed (other than tidying clothes !).
See /packages/areas/upstairs/bedroom1/automation_bedroom1_good_night.yaml and /packages/areas/upstairs/spare_bedroom/automation_spare_room_xbox_scheduled_off.yaml for examples.
School reminders
Some simple reminders for my son, to wake up and then leave for school via the Alexa.