Kaden‘s Cat-Tracking Smart Home with Home Assistant and Frigate
From Home Assistant Podcast by Mostly Automated Media
March 17, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 226
About this episode
The episode explores Kaden's cat-focused smart home setup using Home Assistant and various technologies.
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…
People in this episode
Guest: Kaden
Topics covered
- smart home
- pet detection
- home automation
- cat tracking
- energy tracking
- dashboards
Keywords
- cat tracking
- smart home
- Frigate
- Home Assistant
- pet detection
- Litter-Robot
- energy tracking
- dashboards
Sponsors
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Home Assistant, Frigate
Products: Reolink, PetLibro, Litter-Robot 4
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