This Pixlet app displays the current state of your homemade yoghurt fermentation on your Tidbyt. It features Minecraft-inspired pixel art, animated scenery, a day/night background and a live countdown until the yoghurt is ready.
- 🥛 Animated milk bucket while yoghurt is fermenting
- 🔥 Campfire animation (embers when inactive)
- 🌤️ Dynamic sky depending on local time
- ☁️ Animated clouds
- ✨ Fireflies during the evening
- ⏳ Minecraft-style hourglass / clock according to current time
- 🕒 Remaining fermentation time
- 📋 Wooden sign with current status
- Home Assistant
- TidbytAssistant (recommended)
- One Home Assistant Timer entity
- One Home Assistant Boolean entity indicating whether yoghurt is currently fermenting
Create the following helpers:
timer.yoghurtinput_boolean.yoghurt_active
The timer is used to display the remaining fermentation time.
The boolean controls whether the app displays an active fermentation or an idle scene.
Configure the app with:
- Home Assistant URL
- Long-lived Access Token
- Timer Entity
- Boolean Entity
Example:
Home Assistant URL:
http://homeassistant.local:8123
Timer:
timer.yoghurt
Boolean:
input_boolean.yoghurt_active
When the timer is running the display shows:
- Remaining fermentation time
- Animated milk bucket
- Animated campfire
- Dynamic daytime sky
- Moving clouds
- Minecraft-inspired scenery
When the timer is idle:
- Campfire changes to glowing embers
- Milk bucket becomes static
- Countdown disappears
- Scene remains animated
The background is selected automatically using the local system time.
Different skies are displayed for:
- 🌅 Sunrise
- ☀️ Day
- 🌇 Dusk
- 🌙 Night
No additional Home Assistant entities are required.
The application can be configured directly through the Tronbyt configuration interface.