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	Podcast:		Home Assistant Podcast
	Episode:		Kaden‘s Cat-Tracking Smart Home with Home Assistant and Frigate
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:58:23
	Publish Date:		2026-03-17 16:00:31
	Description:		We’re diving into Kaden’s cat-first smart home: Reolink + Frigate for pet detection, PetLibro feeders, and a Litter-Robot 4 all tied together with Home Assistant and LLM-generated dashboards. Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA226 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon Share your story We wouldn't be able to do this podcast without community members and home automation enthusiasts sharing their stories. To register your interest to come share your home automation journey, head over to homeassistant.fm and click share your story. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:35 From HomeBridge to Home Assistant 00:07:20 Cat cams and Frigate detection 00:12:45 Smart feeders and litter box 00:16:40 Human presence and privacy 00:20:50 Garage automation journey 00:24:42 State models and sponsor break 00:30:50 Wall tablet dashboards 00:36:27 Water monitoring with RTL-SDR 00:40:32 Energy tracking and panel CTs 00:44:52 Cutting server power draw 00:48:06 WLED beats Govee cloud 00:51:00 BLE proxies and neighbors 00:54:00 On-call alerts and alarms 00:56:20 Wrap-up and links This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS, or YAML. Zooz If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers. For the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to https://thesmartesthouse.com Clean My Mac Get Tidy Today! Get 7 days free and use our code ASSISTANT for 20% off Products Discussed PetLibro automatic feeder: https://amzn.to/4bh3Nnj PetLibro water fountain: https://amzn.to/4aIDjLs Whisker Litter-Robot 4: https://amzn.to/4ch47DI Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus: https://amzn.to/4rVv0lm NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: https://amzn.to/4tZ8Nod Google Coral AI Accelerator (referenced): https://amzn.to/4r44S6E Home Assistant Connect ZWA2 radio (ad): https://amzn.to/47jdYp3 Hosts Phil Hawthorne Website Smart Home Products Twitter: @philhawthorne Bluesky: @philhawthorne.com Buy Phil a Coffee Rohan Karamandi Website Smart Home Products Twitter: @rohank9 Buy Rohan a Coffee This episode contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on one of them and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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