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Latest video live! Let's test an air quality sensor! (Patreon)

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2024-05-18 20:16:41
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This is a fascinating little device!!

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Best Air Quality Sensor? I pull apart the Apollo AIR-1… and find four great company traits....

🚀 I review the AIR-1 sensor from @ApolloAutomation - one of the easiest sensors to integrate into @home_assistant Links mentioned (affiliate links, so I get a little too!): *Apollo Automation - loads of other great sensors here: https://apolloautomation.com/handsonkatie * AIR-1 Air Quality Sensor: https://apolloautomation.com/hrbhiw Software mentioned: * Home Assistant: https://www.home-assistant.io/ ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction 01:21 - Apollo Automation - 4 great qualities 04:42 - The AIR-1 - a closer look 06:40 - Opening up the AIR-1 08:15 - Turning the Apollo AIR-1 Corporate.... 10:09 - Use cases - where it comes in handy 12:26 - Outro - share your thoughts 🎬 OTHER VIDEOS YOU MIGHT LIKE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axb_8qcjv1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9htfegb1uA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agsibVa3mNs 🔗 STAY CONNECTED: ••• Follow me on your favourite Social Media! ••• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handsonk80/ YouTube (SUBSCRIBE!): https://www.youtube.com/@handsonkatie2440/ My website: https://handsonkatie.com 👍 SUPPORT MY CHANNEL: If you enjoy my content, don't forget to hit that like button and subscribe for more creative tech experiments, DIY hacks and general madness! And if you'd like to see more of my craziness, visit my Patreon page to see how your support can fuel the development of more projects! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HandsonKatie/membership 🔔 STAY UPDATED: Hit the bell icon to get notified about my latest videos and join me on my maker's journey! #SmartHome #Technology #HomeAssistant #OpenSource #DIYProjects #esp32 #esphome #tech #smarthome

Comments

Anton

I have had a Netatmo weather station in various rooms for years, and they have worked well for a long time. but slowly sensors start to fail and no longer want to connect. Apollo is a very nice replacement for this.

Hands on Katie
>>138406873

Ah great point - these are really high quality, I was super impressed at the components they'd picked (and you know by now, I'm picky!!) The other big advantage is because it's totally open source, it's repairable, upgradeable and more...!

Mitchell Green

I see the device is available with a gas sensor. I presume that would be the gas from your stove and not your dog. Do you think it would be possible to get the sensor separately and place them near a furnace and water heater as well? I would also love an open source carbon monoxide sensor that would trigger an alert and immediately turn off any source of CO like the furnace and water heater as well as any fans. Is this possible with Apollo products and home assistant? I currently have this with a Nest thermostat and their Nest protect integrated smoke and CO detectors but it is a closed system and expensive.

Hands on Katie
>>138424959

Well it has a methane sensor too, so I think your dog would be covered also.... 🤣 Yes, I don't see why you couldn't do this with this sensor and HA - provided your devices were connected/smart -enabled, it'd be very simple in fact!!

Hands on Katie
>>138424959

And agree, Nest went downhill fast once they got 'corporated' - I had a longer rant about this that I cut out of the video that covered this point, might share a 'rant' outtake with you all at some point!! Katie... the uncut version..... 🤣🤣🤣

Mitchell Green
>>138424959

For my puppies I would also like to trigger drop down oxygen masks! So putting nest aside I would need a reliable open source smart thermostat that works out of the box as by the time I figure out how to make one it will be very chilly or roasting hot in my place for a long period of time. Know of any? I am going to build a mockup house to test things as I will be moving soon and want to have some smart home functionality ready to go

Mitchell Green

Katie what do you use for a home thermostat? Thanks Mitch

Hands on Katie
>>138490018

Hey Mitch - I use Tados currently, but not wildly enamoured.... buggy and cloud dependent. Mulling jumping ship or hacking the life out of them to make them locally controlled.....!

Mitchell Green
>>138490018

If the tados open source if so you should resell your improved version!!!💷💷💷💷

Mitchell Green

but if you jump ship don't leave me behind it is scary out there and i need a good open thermostat !

Hands on Katie
>>138536366

Nah it's annoyingly not, will need to add it to my project list at some point and redesign - some of the design is fundamentally silly, eg the TRVs judging temperature of the room. Obviously being right next to the radiator distorts the temperature...! So I'd go with a cheap sensor to place in the room, that then controls the heating... I'll be covering how to do this yourself in the next couple of videos (got one to walk through how to program esp chips for temp, sound and loads more)