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Aqara T1 Temperature & Humidity Sensor (WSDCGQ12LM): Home Assistant Zigbee Setup Guide

The Aqara T1 (WSDCGQ12LM) is a compact Zigbee sensor that reports temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure — entirely locally, no cloud, no Aqara account required after initial pairing. Battery-powered, it runs for up to two years on a single CR2032 cell. This guide covers both Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA integration paths, what entities to expect, how […]

Aqara SP-EUC01 with Zigbee2MQTT: Full Local Power Monitoring in Home Assistant

Most smart plugs are a surveillance compromise waiting to happen. You buy them for energy monitoring, and they phone home to a cloud server you don’t control every time you flip a switch or pull a power reading. The Aqara SP-EUC01 is different — not because Aqara is particularly virtuous, but because it’s Zigbee. No […]