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Maker Faire Ruhr 2026
Parents want control; kids just want to play. At Maker Faire Ruhr, I showed how the PokyPow uses Home Assistant for parental control with their kids Gaming PC.
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A small PCB that allows you to control your PC with Home Assistant powered by ESPHome. Turn on, off, reset, hard shut down your PC, and even see the ON or OFF state in Home Assistant.
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PokyPow Update
Hardware issues are resolved, and the first calculation for the funding goal was sent to CrowdSupply
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PokyPow Prototype Debugging
Hey nerds 🤓 I had a weird issue I could not understand. So here it goes. When I got the new PokyPow from Soldered, I had to adjust the code a bit, since we now have sensors for button presses on the PC case side. Then we evaluated if we have
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PokyPow Update- BOM Optimization and more
Small update on the PokyPow
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PokyPow joins the Soldered Electronics Inkubator
New contract for a prototype and joining the Soldered Electronics Inkubator.
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Joining the Home Assistant Podcast to Talk About PokyPow
Talking about Home Assistant and the PokyPow on the Home Assistant Podcast
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PokyPow - Child Lock for Computer
A demo how the PokyPow child lock will work for you PC
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PokyPow Documentation is Live
While waiting for parts I worked on the PokyPow documentation and implement flashing via the browser. An overview of the tech I used.
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UEFI Settings are strange - Always on USB for the MSI MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI
Enabling USB Always on for MSI Motherboard and some PokyPow Updates
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How to Remove the Login Password in Windows 11, Power On with Home Assistant and keep your Steam Games up to Date
How to make your PC more like a console: Remove the Windows Password prompt. Automatically update your favorite games. Start your PC with Home Assistant and the PokyPow. Plus a small PokyPow Demo with my Setup.
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Happy Holidays - Favorite Smart Home Gadget
My favorite smart home gadget is a robot vacuum and mop! My personal PokyPow use case. I am working on a cat litter box scale to automatically vacuum the area around the cat litter box. And: Happy holidays!
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PokyPow Updates and Tasmota
We need more subscribers, Tasmota might come, new hardware revision coming soon.