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This is the last in my current round of Shelly product reviews. “The Pill” is a TINY little module which comes with brief instructions and a USB-to-3.5 mm jack female adapter. The device supports DS18B20, DHT22, digital input, and various add-ons.
Shelly sent me The Pill along with several accessories: an <...
Another new Shelly product – this time a small, USB-powered presence detector. Rather than dive into the Shelly app I went straight for Zigbee use and added the device to my Zigbee2MQTT setup under Home Assistant.
At first, Zigbee2MQTT accepted the device but said it was unsupported but within a minute it came back with the status presence true or false.
This new device from Shelly in Bulgaria is a SLIM paper-white display temperature, humidity and light level sensor.
I love the display, low-power, uses on a pair of CR2032 batteries (supplied – up to 2 years battery life) and the device comes with a flat magnetic, adhesive-backed wall plate and also a multi-purpose bracket.
It works on Bluetooth as part of...
Through various communication and courier errors it has taken some time for my Flint 3e router to arrive but here it is at last. I have a pair of Flint routers (the originals) which offer WiFi 6 and I can definitely vouch that they have better range than WiFi 5 – I’ve now disconnected my last WiFi 5 router – I could only find one sensor that would not work with WiFi 6 (regula...
Just had my first play with a new Semismart Zigbee Smart Screen Switch ZMS-206EU-3 and I’m quite excited…
See the main photo – this standard EU fitting wall switch – which requires neutral – switches up to 3 devices on and off – the blurb that comes with it says you need to pair it with the Tuya app – no you don’t – if you’re a Home Assistant user and have Zigbee2MQ...