Evis Home Lab

Proxmox | GPU Passthrough to unRAID VM

Running unRAID as a VM in Proxmox and passthrough the GPU to unRAID to be used for Docker containers (Plex, Frigate, etc.).

UnRAID | Google Coral Mini PCI-E EdgeTPUs

Installed Google Coral Mini PCI-E EdgeTPUs with PCI-E adapters into UnRAID

unraid

UnRAID | Nvidia GPU & Unlocking the drivers

Installing Nvidia GPU on UnRAID and unlocking the restriction of 3 simultaneous NVENC video encoding sessions from the consumer-grade GPUs.

ESPHome

ESPHome | HA | Motorizing Horizontal Blinds (Tilt action)

Motorized horizontal blinds (based on the Smart Home Hook Up guide), converted to ESPHome.

Apulanta A30 - Helsinki

Apulanta A30 - 2.7.2022 - Olympiastadion, Helsinki. Apulanta juhlii 30-vuotista uraansa suurimmalla, pisimmällä ja kauneimmalla keikalla.

HA | ESPHome | Presence detection with PIR, mmWave Radar and BLE tracking

📢* Update 06.09.2022 - Corrected the UART pins in the code * Update 17.6.2022 - False positives * Update 15.6.2022 @ 07:00 - mqtt_room config (with device MAC) * Update 14.06.2022 @ 08:30 - Added sources Background I've wanted to have presence (or

unRAID | Upgrade to 6.10.2

Upgrading unRAID to 6.10.2 from 6.9.2

Proxmox | Plex as a VM

A fresh Plex install on Proxmox Ubuntu VM and migrating my existing settings and data.

proxmox

Proxmox | unRAID as a VM

Converting bare metal unRAID server into Proxmox VM and using unRAID shares in Proxmox as storage for ISOs, backups and templates.

home-assistant

Proxmox | Home Assistant OS

Installing Home Assistant OS on Proxmox VE 7.2-3 as a Virtual Machine, using the QCOW2 image file and migrating my existing setup.

home-assistant

HA | Nest Protect

Nest Protect - Home Assistant fire alarm integration, dashboard and actionable notifications (for Android) with Node-RED.

self-hosted

Self-hosting | Flame Dashboard

Flame is a self-hosted Startpage, with a lot of nice features that I find valuable and time-saving, like Docker integration ..

DIY

Fan mod | Unifi Switch Enterprise 24 PoE

This Ubiquiti USW 24 Enterprise 24 PoE switch is truly great for my needs, but the fans .. so annoying, the high pitch noise they produce at a certain speed, just keep killing whatever brain cells I have left. ⚠️I do not recommend that you do this MOD. If you go

windows

Windows | My Toolbox

My precious tools .. these mostly go unnoticed, but these are the frequently used apps in my toolbox.

home-assistant

HA | ESPHome, AirThings BLE Hub

Real-time air quality monitoring with ESPhome airthings_wave_plus platform, tracking AirThings Bluetooth sensors for radon, VOCs, CO2, temperature, humidity, and others depending on the device sensors.

self-hosted

Self-hosting | #2 | Portainer Server & Portainer Agent

This self-hosting mini series part 2, shows how to install Portainer Server and optionally Portainer Agents to quickly and easily deploy and manage your Docker containers.

home-assistant

HA | ESPresense, Indoor Positioning

Set up Home Assistant to do Indoor positioning with ESPresense, tracking wearables and other devices.

self-hosted

Self-hosting | #1 | Docker & Docker Compose

In this mini-series, you will get from installing Docker to deploying and managing your containers with an easy to use UI, and providing your services through a reverse proxy, with authentication and automatic TLS certificates

home-assistant

HA | Dashboards

Home Assistant Dashboards for different purposes

ambilight

DIY | Ambilight [2012-2022]

Setting my trusty old Ambilight setup to rest .. for now. I originally made this in 2012 and has still been in use in 2022.

rack

DIY | Sound Proof Server Rack

[UPDATED 2022-02-01] My home lab gear seems to be multiplying at a constant speed, and my dusty desk has run out of space a long time ago. It has also been noticed that these things can get noisy ..

3D-printing

3D Models for Printing

List of my TinkerCad designs.

DIY

DIY | Philips Hue Signe "Replica"

I had an excess 2m led stripe .. Not many stories start like that, but this one is true, I promise! So excess led strip and living room corner that could use some light, specifically a reading light was requested. So I thought why not try to build something out of

home-assistant

ESXi | Home Assistant as VM (old VMDK)

Setup guide for Home Assistant as ESXi 7 Virtual Machine. (VMDK image file)