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Build a Local AI Irrigation System With Soil Sensors and Weather RAG
Combine calibrated soil sensors, local climate history and guarded Home Assistant automations for private, water-aware irrigation.
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Solar Energy
Backup power, solar readiness and keeping security systems online.
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Troubleshoot Modbus RTU to MQTT Inverter Readings
Fix silent RS-485 buses, wrong register values, stale MQTT topics, and Home Assistant sensor problems in inverter telemetry.
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Read a Solar Inverter Over Modbus RTU and Publish It to MQTT
Build a local Modbus RTU to MQTT path for solar inverter telemetry without depending on a vendor cloud dashboard.
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Build a Local-First Whole-Home Energy Monitoring System
Monitor whole-home energy locally with ESPHome, Shelly meters, MQTT, Home Assistant, and sane electrical safety boundaries.
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Build an ESP32 RS485 to MQTT Gateway for a Solar Inverter
Use an ESP32, RS485 transceiver, and MQTT to publish local inverter readings without buying a full industrial gateway.