The Maestro Blog
Build logs, Home Assistant guides and homelab notes.
How we reverse-engineered a NordicTrack treadmill
Older NordicTrack and iFit treadmills speak a proprietary Bluetooth protocol — not the standard fitness-machine service. Here's how we cracked it and streamed live speed, incline and calories into Home Assistant.
Local Tuya control without the cloud
Tuya plugs, switches and breakers normally phone home to the cloud for every command. Here's how to run them entirely on your own network — faster, private, and they keep working when the internet doesn't.
A one-tap baby tracker for Home Assistant
Logging feeds, diapers and sleep for a newborn at 3 a.m. has to be effortless. So we built a one-tap tracker for Home Assistant — plus a 3D-printed button remote with an OLED screen.