Home Assistant
Home Assistant Meetup in Mönchengladbach
Come by and say hi!
Andrej Friesen
Hey, I am Andrej and I run this blog.
DIY
Bose SoundTouch rescue
I build a quick and dirty internet radio streaming box with arcade-style buttons to not throw away the Bose SoundTouch system.
PokyPow
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.
State of the Open Home 2026
My highlights from the State of the Open Home Event 2026.
UCG Ultra OS 5.0.12 - Latency Issues
Latency issues after upgrading UCG Ultra firmware or network app and a random fix.
Home Assistant
Home Assistant Meetup 2026.02.21 Colgone/Hürth
A summary of the the Home Assistant event!
PokyPow
PokyPow Update
Hardware issues are resolved, and the first calculation for the funding goal was sent to CrowdSupply
personal
2025 Review
Family, Vacation, Meetups, Hobbies, Freelancing, and more
PokyPow
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
PokyPow
PokyPow Update- BOM Optimization and more
Small update on the PokyPow
podcast
Started the SmartHütte Podcast
Announcing my Postcast SmartHütte
PokyPow
PokyPow joins the Soldered Electronics Inkubator
New contract for a prototype and joining the Soldered Electronics Inkubator.