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Andrej
@ajfriesen@techhub.social
mastodon 4.7.2Trying to build and sell open source hardware.
Running a German podcast.
Playing around with Home Assistant Nerd, Self-Hosting and Linux.
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Joined June 02, 2023
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Die 150 Leute fürs Meetup sind geknackt, danke! 💪
Dazu gesellen sich ein paar hundert Sticker, die ich auslegen werde.
First day #makerfaireruhr is done.
Kids came to play games on my steam machine, while I could explain #homeassistant and my PokyPow and the #minirack.
See you tomorrow!
The circle of life!
Last tests before the #makerfaire ruhr.
Join me at my booth:
https://www.makerfaire-ruhr.com/
Let's talk about #homeassistant , how I control the gaming PC with my PokyPow via Home Assistant and have a casual gaming session!
Everything put together in a 10 inch #minirack
@homeassistant@fosstodon.org that is demo worth for home assistant 😁
Cliff walk in Ardmore Ireland. Looks like an old ship with a crane to me.
My FreeCAD experience the last 2 days was very frustrating.
I made the design parametric with variables, only using the default axis and planes as references.
But fillets, oh boy, they destroy everything, when you change variables.
Anyway, got a decent power supply mount for my 10 inch #minirack
I uploaded the file to Gemini and Claude when I was stuck and asked questions.
That actually helped sometimes!
Das Home Assistant Meetup in Hürth hat nun 147 anmeldungen.
Kriegen wir die 150 voll?
Bitte an Nerds teilen 🤓
DOOM in @homeassistant@fosstodon.org in a #minirack, don't mind if I do!
Thank you @frenck@fosstodon.org
I hosted another @homeassistant@fosstodon.org on Saturday!
It was great!
150 people. If I had spoken to each person for just 5 minutes, that would be over 12 hours of nonstop talking.
I wish I had more time to speak to all of you.
More info and photos on my blog:
https://www.ajfriesen.com/home-assistant-meetup-2026-02-22/
Home Assistant Blue migration to a Lenovo Box.
- Created backups
- Downloaded and uploaded them
- Switched USB cables for my matter and cover sticks
- Restored
- switched up in router
- done
Looks like everything is working as if now.
Schau mal hier:
Foto von dem Kuchen deiner Frau im Newsletter 😁
https://newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/why-were-investing-in-the-human-touch/
Replying to
@benny@mastodontech.de
Das ist bei mir aktuell auch nur für meetups und Demos.
Ich muss mir noch eins für meine Infrastruktur bauen😅
Smart Home: 0
Kid: 3
My daughter pulled out the power cord of my robo vacuum just enough it sometimes charged.
Until tonight. Tonight the vacuum started leaving the dock because of the low battery while we tried to sleep.
Maybe I should put the vacuum in another room and not in the bedroom 😁
Even waveshare is getting into the 10 inch #minirack ecosystem.
https://www.waveshare.com/product/raspberry-pi/homelab/homerack-8u-basic-kit.htm
Ach Effizienz!
Dabei hab ich super viel bestellt 😃
Replying to
@subnet_zero@chaos.social ich war schon vor einigen Jahren da und ist wirklich cool.
Lohnt sich in meinen Augen, auch wenn ich persönlich nur an meinem Stand stehe😁
Viel mitmachen, auch viel für Kids und einfach nur cool was Leute bauen.
It fits perfectly!
Project #minirack
Replying to
@subnet_zero@chaos.social
This desk chaos and set up needs to be 1 big 12U tower. At least this is what I try until mid of march. Let's see if it works out.
I might have spent too much money on this... But a 10 inch rack is coming into my home.
Not really for my home, but more for the table/booth I will set up at the #makerfaireruhr.
Replying to
@sean@chaos.social dann schau dir Mal @evcc@fosstodon.org für dein Balkonkraftwerk an.
Haben eine Podcast Folge darüber aufgenommen mit @naltatis@mastodon.social :
https://podcast.smarthuette.de/episodes/sonne-im-tank-smartes-pv-uberschussladen-mit-michael-geers-vom-evcc-projekt
Replying to
@subnet_zero@chaos.social @behweh@mas.to
Pff, salonfähig ...
Ich bestimmen, was salonfähig ist. 😉
Kann der der Reichweite helfen, daher spielen wir das Spiel ein wenig mit.
Replying to
@farmous@mastodon.social Ja Guck. Discord wäre ich nie drauf gekommen 😅
Ich werde es dort mal verkünden, danke!
A new blog post is out!
Bose SoundTouch rescue
I build a quick and dirty internet radio streaming box with arcade-style buttons to not throw away the Bose SoundTouch system.
Replying to
@openhomefoundation any idea when those tickets will be available?
I wanted to visit Utrecht anyway for vacation for that week.
Would be great to attend the state of the open home as well 🙃
Current status of my pokypow: Right before insanity.
I bought a mainboard for demo puposes.
Now this board did not boot, when the PokyPow was plugged in.
It was stuck, not even UEFI.
Then I removed the PokyPow it got further.
Plugged it in again and then it stopped.
WTF?
At some point I could but to the OS.
Looks like, when the Kernel takes over control of the USB chip everything is mostly good.
Maybe some protection circuit from the mainboard until the Kernel takes over?
Looking into it 🔍
Hey @geerlingguy@mastodon.social
found you on a tiny Raspberry Pi project called piBrick:
In der heutigen Ausgabe:
- epaper Displays mit OpenDisplay
- esphome device builder mit server builds und desktop app
Replying to
@subnet_zero@chaos.social Kuchen/Torte auf Gewichtssensor präsentieren.
Was man dann damit macht 🤷♂️
Nice work with the @esphome@fosstodon.org desktop tool. Love it already!
Replying to
@subnet_zero@chaos.social
Wenn deine Frau das wieder macht, dann müssen wir uns überlegen, wie wir die Torte smart bekommen.
Irgendwie muss da doch ein ESP32 rein😁
Building a PokyPow Demo Dashboard in Home Assistant.
Any ideas how to show it off?
Replying to
@subnet_zero@chaos.social
No credits to me. All work from @frenck@fosstodon.org who outsourced development to AI.
https://frenck.dev/home-assistant-can-run-doom/
Replying to
Bin auch fleißig gewesen und habe weiter an der ESPuino Box gearbeitet
Es fehlt leider ein Kabel, muss ich wohl warten.
Ugreen Power supply for my 10 inch rack.
I could not find any dimensions online, so I ordered it for a test fit.
Looks like I can make it work.
Now testing how it behaves with different cables and workloads.
I want to power:
- router 5V
- Home Assistant Blue 12V
- Odroid H2 15V
- Switch 9V
- random USB things