Turning a Cheap Yellow Display into a Home Assistant Control Panel

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0200

Every day my kids come home from school and stand at the front door. Every time I want to know if I should start dinner or if the washing machine is still running, I pull out my phone, open the Home Assistant app, and navigate to the energy dashboard. It works, but it’s friction. What I wanted was a small screen on my workdesk that I could glance at to check the house’s power consumption, and a button I could tap to let the kids in or open the garage — no phone, no app, just look and tap.

Home Assistant on steeman.be

Turning a Cheap Yellow Display into a Home Assistant Control Panel