Matt Horan's Blog

As I wrote in my last post about setting up a remote door buzzer, Shelly’s WiFi-enabled relays caused me to catch the home automation bug. In addition to the relay used for that project, I picked up a Shelly 1PM relay (and bought four more since then!) A fellow espresso enthusiast told me about their Home Assistant setup to estimate how many espresso shots they could pull before needing to restock on beans. Having limited space at my coffee station, I wanted something compact. I’ve been using TPLink Kasa devices with power metering elsewhere in my home, but the Shelly 1PM was the prefect choice for this project since it could be tucked away in the junction box.

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