# Home Assistant #homelab #home-assistant I've been collecting some articles to read about HA, and since making browser bookmarks of them would doom them to never being read, I'll put them here. https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-hexpod-climate-tracker-and-digital-nose/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/can-you-manage-your-house-with-a-local-no-cloud-voice-assistant-mostly-yes/ https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/your-voice-assistant-doesnt-have-to-be-cloudy/ - [x] #project #home-assistant plug in Yellow [completion:: 2025-03-31] - [x] #project #home-assistant ensure Yellow has a reserved IP [completion:: 2025-03-31] - [ ] #project #home-assistant ensure Yellow has a secure user/password and a hostname, lock down SSH, etc. - [ ] #project #home-assistant does HA want to be configured with a certificate? - [ ] #project #home-assistant set up the stevenson screen and weatherkit - [ ] #project #home-assistant I have a couple [Inkplate 4 TEMPERA](https://www.crowdsupply.com/soldered/inkplate-4-tempera) devices from CrowdSupply, and plan to use at least one as an [ESPHome](https://esphome.io/components/display/inkplate6.html) device. - [ ] #project #home-assistant We also have (2) Aranet4 home air quality monitors. I'm told these can be linked to Home Assistant. - [ ] #project #home-assistant I wonder if the Dyson fans could also put data in HA. Not sure what behaviors all this data would drive, but it's neat to think about. - [ ] #project #home-assistant #weatherkit weatherkit feeds data into HA MQTT, but HA isn't parsing the data yet. - [ ] #project #home-assistant #mqtt does Caddy know how to route to HA MQTT broker? - [ ] #project #home-assistant #caddy does Caddy know how to route to HA dashboard? over HTTPS? - [ ] #project #home-assistant could set up HomeAssistant voice ([1](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/can-you-manage-your-house-with-a-local-no-cloud-voice-assistant-mostly-yes/) [2](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/your-voice-assistant-doesnt-have-to-be-cloudy/)) - [ ] #project #home-assistant I haven't finished integrating it with Apple Home https://www.hackster.io/anthony-dechiaro/home-assistant-dashboard-879620 https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/07/02/automating-my-gate-door-using-homekit-home-assistant-and-zigbee/ https://www.theverge.com/23641940/home-assistant-skyconnect-thread-matter-zigbee-smart-home