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title: "Community Highlights: 12th edition"
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description: "Create your own smart pet feeder, show values of your house on an ePaper display and a delicious Home Assistant cake."
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date: 2021-03-12 00:00:00
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date_formatted: "March 12, 2021"
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author: Klaas Schoute
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author_twitter: klaasnicolaas
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categories: Community
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og_image: /images/blog/2021-03-12-community-highlights/social.png
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---
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The 12th edition of the Home Assistant Community Highlights! Some interesting
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things popped up around our community, we thought was worth sharing.
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Do you want to share something for the next edition?
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Information on [how to share](#got-a-tip-for-the-next-edition).
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./Klaas
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## Blueprint of the week
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Do you have a number of domain names and would you like to track when an SSL
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certificate expires? Then you could try [bkbilly's](https://community.home-assistant.io/u/bkbilly)
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blueprint that automatically sends you a notification when a sensor exceeds your set threshold value.
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[Try it out!](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/certificate-expiration/280125)
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<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
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<a href="https://community.home-assistant.io/t/certificate-expiration/280125" target="_blank">
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<img
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src='/images/blog/2021-03-12-community-highlights/blueprint.png'
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alt="How this blueprint works"
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style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:90%;'
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/>
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</a>
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</div>
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Also, take a look at the [Blueprint Exchange][blueprints] for more inspiration!
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## Birthday cake
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Happy birthday to [adlawton](https://www.reddit.com/user/adlawton/)! 🥳 For his birthday,
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his wife baked this great Home Assistant cake and also gave him a [Home Assistant Blue](/blue).
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<blockquote class="reddit-card" data-card-created="1615556016"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/lz5s6s/my_wife_decided_to_bake_me_a_cake_to_go_along/">My wife decided to bake me a cake to go along with my birthday present this year. Can't wait to fire this thing up!</a> from <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant">r/homeassistant</a></blockquote>
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<script async src="//embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
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Hopefully, the cake tasted delicious and have fun with your Blue!
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## ePaper display
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[maxmacstn](https://github.com/maxmacstn) shared a really cool project on our
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Home Assistant [subreddit][reddit] page. It allows you to display sensor data from,
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for example, a room on an ePaper display. It works with ESPHome and you can also neatly
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finish this with a 3D printed case.
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<object type="image/svg+xml" data="https://gh-card.dev/repos/maxmacstn/HA-ePaper-Display.svg?link_target=_blank"></object>
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<blockquote class="reddit-card" data-card-created="1615556565"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/lwp709/my_diy_epaper_sensor_display/">My DIY E-Paper Sensor Display</a> from <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant">r/homeassistant</a></blockquote>
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<script async src="//embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
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## Hass Workstation Service
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For those who would like to read their webcam status on a Windows machine, there is
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finally a solution! [sleevezipper](https://github.com/sleevezipper) has written a program
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that you can install on windows and that can send data to your Home Assistant instance over
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MQTT, in the background as a service.
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<object type="image/svg+xml" data="https://gh-card.dev/repos/sleevezipper/hass-workstation-service.svg?link_target=_blank"></object>
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<a href="https://github.com/sleevezipper" target="_blank">
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<img
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src='/images/blog/2021-03-12-community-highlights/workstation.png'
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alt="UI of the workstation service program on Windows"
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style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:90%;'
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/>
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</a>
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You can finally switch the lights automatically when you are in an online meeting 😉
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_Note: If you’re on MacOS, you can achieve the same using the [Home Assistant Companion app for MacOS][companion]._
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## Smart pet feeder
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Would you like to automate feeding your pets? Then try the project of
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[Sokolsok](https://www.reddit.com/user/Sokolsok/), who has turned it into a very cool
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project with its own PCB and 3D printed design.
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<p class='img'>
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<a href="https://smartsolutions4home.com/ss4h-pf-pet-feeder/" target="_blank">
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<img
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src='/images/blog/2021-03-12-community-highlights/feeder.jpg'
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alt="How the smart pet feeder looks like"
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style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;'
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/>
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</a>
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You can read more about this project via <a target="_blank" href="https://smartsolutions4home.com/ss4h-pf-pet-feeder/">this website</a>.
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</p>
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## Got a tip for the next edition?
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Have you seen (or made) something awesome, interesting, unique, amazing,
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inspirational, unusual or funny, using Home Assistant?
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[Click here to send us your Community Highlight suggestion](/suggest-community-highlight).
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Also, don't forget to share your creations with us via Social Media:
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- Tweet it! Be sure to mention [@home_assistant][twitter]
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- Share it on our [Facebook group][facebook-group]
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- Post it to our [subreddit][reddit]
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- Tag [@homeassistant][instagram] on Instagram
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- Or via chat, drop us a line in the [#lounge at Discord][chat]
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See you next edition!
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[chat]: https://www.home-assistant.io/join-chat
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[facebook-group]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeAssistant/
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[instagram]: https://www.instagram.com/homeassistant/
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[reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant
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[twitter]: https://www.twitter.com/home_assistant
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[blueprints]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/blueprints-exchange
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[companion]: https://companion.home-assistant.io |