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ESP32-S3 Local Voice Assistant for Home Assistant

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I built an ESP32-S3 voice satellite for the office. It worked. Then I set a timer, the timer went off, and I discovered I couldn’t turn it off by voice — because the alarm was so loud the microphone couldn’t hear me over it. Fixing that properly meant ripping out the entire audio layer and … Read more

Raspberry Pi Ambilight with USB Camera

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It’s a well-known fact that watching too much TV, especially in the dark, puts a strain on your eyes. There are many bias (or ambient lighting) systems out there for TVs and monitors, most of which rely on an HDMI input in order to capture the image before it is sent to the screen. Obviously, … Read more