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title: "Community Highlights: 20th edition"
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description: "New inspiration for your own Lovelace dashboard, get started with a browser extension and try the pulse meter component in the latest ESPHome release"
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date: 2021-05-07 00:00:00
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date_formatted: "May 7, 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/2021-05-07-community-highlights/social.png
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---
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Damn! We are already at the 20th edition of the Home Assistant Community
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Highlights! Some interesting things popped up around our community, we
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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 <br>
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*Intern on Home Assistant Energy*
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## Blueprint of the week
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------
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<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
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<a href="https://community.home-assistant.io/t/deconz-simple-alarm-control-panel-blueprint/305397" target="_blank">
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<img
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src='/images/blog/2021-05-07-community-highlights/keypad.jpg'
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alt="Zigbee alarm Keypad"
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style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:60%;margin-bottom:15px;'
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/>
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</a>
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</div>
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Recently Home Assistant has received support for the use of alarm keypads
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with deCONZ, which works with an alarm control panel entity and the `deconz_alarm_event`.
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Therefore this week's blueprint is that of [Robban](https://community.home-assistant.io/u/Robban),
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with which you can use a physical (Zigbee) keypad to switch your alarm on
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or off.
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Keep in mind: the support in deCONZ rest plugin is still in an **alpha** stage.
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Try it out! Read more about it on the [community forum][week_blueprint] or
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install this automation in your instance with a click on the My button!
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{% my blueprint_import badge blueprint_url="https://community.home-assistant.io/t/deconz-simple-alarm-control-panel-blueprint/305397" %}
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## Lovelace Dashboard
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------
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Also this week we have a new Lovelace dashboard for the necessary portion
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of inspiration 💡 This time it has become that of [StreetInevitable5427](https://www.reddit.com/user/StreetInevitable5427/),
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a beautiful Neon UI that looks so sleek that you would love to hang it
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on your wall 🖼️
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<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/n4xnp3/i_made_neon_ui_for_my_tablet_does_it_have" target="_blank">
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<img
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src='/images/blog/2021-05-07-community-highlights/dashboard.jpg'
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alt="Preview of the dashboard"
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style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:80%;margin-bottom:15px;'
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/>
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</a>
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</div>
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Take also a look at the [original post][dashboard] on Reddit. Would you
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like your dashboard to be in the community highlight? Drop it on
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[Reddit][reddit] and maybe I'll pick it out for the next edition.
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## Browser Extension
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------
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<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
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<a href="https://github.com/bokub/home-assistant-extension" target="_blank">
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<img
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src='/images/blog/2021-05-07-community-highlights/browser.png'
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alt="Home Assistant Browser Extension"
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style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:90%;margin-bottom:15px;'
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/>
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</a>
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</div>
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Fresh off the press, we came across something really cool on
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the [community forum](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/home-assistant-browser-extension/305992).
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[bokub](https://github.com/bokub) has made browser extensions for
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[Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/home-assistant/hpoiflhmfklhfcfpibmdmpeonphmdbda)
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and [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/home-assistant/) with
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which you can display a Lovelace dashboard in your browser and thus quickly
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switch a light, for example.
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<a href="https://github.com/bokub/home-assistant-extension"><img style="border: 0;" src="https://gh-card.dev/repos/bokub/home-assistant-extension.svg"></a>
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## ESPHome 1.17
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------
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<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
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<a href="https://esphome.io/changelog/v1.17.0.html" target="_blank">
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<img
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src='/images/blog/2021-05-07-community-highlights/esphome.png'
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alt="ESPHome changelog"
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style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:90%;margin-bottom:15px;'
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/>
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</a>
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</div>
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A new version of [ESPHome][esphome] has also been released this week! 🥳
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In particular, I would like to point out the new [pulse_meter](https://esphome.io/components/sensor/pulse_meter.html)
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component, which is ideal for if you want to measure all your energy via a
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pulse LED on your smart meter or when you want to read what your water
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consumption is.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The pulse meter component is also what I’ve used for the hardware I’ve been working on. I’ve made a range of improvements since the last time I shared it. Now including a status LED so it’s easy to check if it’s working. <a href="https://t.co/GwaVZS0HQj">pic.twitter.com/GwaVZS0HQj</a></p>— Klaas Schoute (@klaasnicolaas) <a href="https://twitter.com/klaasnicolaas/status/1389683162683518979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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By combining measuring how many pulses there are within a time frame and
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the time between each pulse, you get even better accurate readings!
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## Got a tip for the next edition?
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------
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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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[community]: https://community.home-assistant.io
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[esphome]: https://esphome.io
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[week_blueprint]: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/deconz-simple-alarm-control-panel-blueprint/305397
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[dashboard]: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/n4xnp3/i_made_neon_ui_for_my_tablet_does_it_have
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