Blog | Chris Potter

Blog | Chris Potter

Add Chatterbox TTS to Home Assistant

Add Chatterbox TTS to Home Assistant

Install the OpenAI-TTS HACS Extension by sfortis GitHub - sfortis/openai_tts: Custom TTS component for Home Assistant. Utilizes the OpenAI speech engine or any compatible endpoint to deliver high-quality speech. Optionally offers chime and audio normalization features.Custom TTS component for Home Assistant. Utilizes the OpenAI speech engine or

Micro WakeWord Training Playbook Ubuntu 24.04 Cuda

Micro WakeWord Training Playbook Ubuntu 24.04 Cuda

Specs used for Benchmarks (both using a 1 Gbit/s connection) Times below include downloading dependancies, 500 samples, normalisation, audio subsets presets, negative datasets and the training : Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C/32T 64GB DDR5 / RTX3090FE (24GB GDDR6X VRAM) Training Time: 2 hours AMD EPYC 9575F 64c/128T 192GB DDR5 ECC

Chatterbox TTS Cuda + UI - Ubuntu 24.04

Chatterbox TTS Cuda + UI - Ubuntu 24.04

Specs used for Benchmarks: Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C/32T / 64GB DDR5 / RTX3090FE (24GB VRAM) AMD EPYC 9575F 64c/128T / 192GB DDR5 ECC / Nvidia L40S (48GB VRAM) CUDA Toolkit 13.1 CUDA Toolkit 12.1 DownloadsGet the latest feature updates to NVIDIA’s proprietary compute stack.NVIDIA Developer wget https://developer.

Trained Micro WakeWord's for Home Assistant Voice PE

Trained Micro WakeWord's for Home Assistant Voice PE

Just a few I have trained to test out the new Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition. Note this requires you to take control of the device in ESP home. Add the following block with your chose wakeword .json file links that are found below. micro_wake_word: id: mww microphone:

OrangeStorm Giga 1mm Nozzle Filament Calibrated Volumetric Flow Rates / Temps

OrangeStorm Giga 1mm Nozzle Filament Calibrated Volumetric Flow Rates / Temps

Reyt then; Filament Volumetric Flow Rates I have used/calibrated so far using Orca Elegoo Rapid PLA + = 30mm³/s (220/225) Jayo Transparent PLA = 25mm³/s (210/215) Esun PLA+ = 20mm³/s (210/215) SunLu PETG = 40mm³/s (250/255) Handy Models 2mm_walls_towerHandy Model with 2mm Walls, current

Elegoo Set Local/Change NTP Server

Elegoo Set Local/Change NTP Server

Reyt then; I prefer to block outbound access to the outside world for various devices, including 3d printers. I prefer to handle everything locally. With Elegoo Printers (neptune 4 max / giga) maybe others they call the following ntp servers on startup ntp.aliyun.com / pool.ntp.org Via a shell

Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga Config Improvements

Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga Config Improvements

Reyt then; Enable Webcam: 1. Go onto the printers fluidd web interface 2. Go into settings and then Cameras 3. Select the "Default" camera and activate it Extruder Calibration: If you prefer to do the calibration yourself or this doesn't work for you try this https:

Laravel 11 "Forge" Nginx Template Changes to Stop index.php duplicate URLS

Laravel 11 "Forge" Nginx Template Changes to Stop index.php duplicate URLS

Reyt then; In https://forge.laravel.com/ Go to your server and to the nginx templates tab Or if the site is already setup, the server, sites tab and edit files > edit nginx configuration. I would recommend selecting all with CTRL A and backing up the contents to a

Laravel Forge Recipe to Install Private Authorised Composer Repos

Laravel Forge Recipe to Install Private Authorised Composer Repos

Very handy if you are building servers in Bulk. Set Recipe User as Forge #!/bin/sh FILE="/home/forge/.config/composer/auth.json" /bin/cat <<EOM >$FILE { "bitbucket-oauth": {}, "github-oauth": {}, "gitlab-oauth": {}, "gitlab-token": {}, "http-basic": { "HTTP-REPO-URL"

Elegoo Neptune 4 Max Enable Webcam

Elegoo Neptune 4 Max Enable Webcam

Reyt then; Open an SSH editor and enter the printers IP (I like to use putty) These are the logins username: mks password: makerbase Follow these steps once logged in: (right click to paste in putty) 1. sudo systemctl enable webcamd 2. sudo systemctl start webcamd 3. Go onto the

ESP32 Dallas Temperature Sensor

ESP32 Dallas Temperature Sensor

Reyt then; Here is the sketch I am using with ESPHome to get my Esp32 with dual Dallas Temperature Sensors working in Home Assistant. I am using this for Fish Tanks, one sensor in the main area, another in the filter/heater area. This is based on the following guide

Mini R50,R52,R53 Tacho 3d Scan Model

Mini R50,R52,R53 Tacho 3d Scan Model

Reyt then; Another scan from back in the day to test out the FARO Quantum S ScanArm HD and the Peopoly Phenom large format Resin Printer. I ran out of time on this project, perhaps someone can make use of these models to create inbuilt shift lights etc. Enjoy Model

ESP32 Bluetooth Proxy

ESP32 Bluetooth Proxy

Reyt then; Here is the sketch I am using with ESPHome to get my Esp32 Proxies working with Home Assistant. This is confirmed to work with Tuiss Smartview HACS Integration, which allows you to control your Tuiss Bluetooth Blinds via their MAC Address. substitutions: name: esphome-bluetoothnode friendly_name: RoomName Bluetooth

R50, R52, R52 JCW Lower Instrument Cluster 2002-2006

R50, R52, R52 JCW Lower Instrument Cluster 2002-2006

Reyt then; Here is a 3d scan of the original JCW Lower Instrument Cluster for the R50,R52,R53 Mini, cleaned up of course. Something I did for fun back in 2018 to test out a FARO Quantum S ScanArm HD and the Peopoly Phenom large format Resin Printer. A

Duplicacy Alerts with PushOver

Duplicacy Alerts with PushOver

After recently falling out with SyncThing, I decided to switch to Duplicacy as its replacement.

ICS Image MASSter 550 IDE Hard Drive Duplicator

ICS Image MASSter 550 IDE Hard Drive Duplicator

Reyt then; Old School IDE Hard Drive Duplicator. These need a firmware floppy to be present or will not boot. Here is a backup of said floppy for future preservation. WinImage format. The virtual format is used when replacing the drive with something like a Gotek floppy to USB Emulator,