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Raspberry Pi Power Supply Checker in Home Assistant
rpi_power
part of Home Assistant since 0.116
Local, polling
Set up in the user interface
The Raspberry Pi Power Supply Checker integration monitors the stability of a Raspberry Pi's power supply using local polling. It provides a binary sensor to indicate if the power source is sufficient and reliable.
Typical uses
- Detect power fluctuations
- Prevent unexpected shutdowns
- Ensure reliable operation
- Trigger alerts on power issues
Facts about this integration
- Compatible with Home Assistant
- yes, official integration
- Connection
- Local, polling – Talks to the device on your own network and asks for changes at regular intervals.
- Setup
- in the user interface
- Kind
- Integration
- Installations
- 136,759 (19.1 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- System monitor
- Provides
- Binary sensor
- Maintained by
- @shenxn, @swetoast
- Python packages
rpi-bad-power==0.1.0
Setup
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Raspberry Pi Power Supply Checker.
- Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.
The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.
Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration
The description was written by a language model from the facts listed here, not taken from the documentation.