Raspberry Pi Power Supply Checker
rpi_power
The Raspberry Pi Power Supply Checker integration allows you to detect bad power supply on the Raspberry Pi that is running Home Assistant.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) |
What people report
Raspberry Pi power status checker works with occasional upgrade glitches.
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| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi power supply checker | Works Local | Sensor showed off after HAOS 2024.8.1; fine after 2024.8.3Saved copyThe problem After upgrading to HAOS 2024.8.1, the sensor binary_sensor.rpi_power_status shows the value "off" instead of "OK". Furthermore, the history could not be loaded. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2024.8.1 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? 2024.8.0 ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Raspberry Pi Power Supply Checker ### Link to integration documentation on our website _No response_ ### Diagnostics information _No response_ ### Example YAML snippet _No response_ ### … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #123582 · 2024-08 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 136,436 (19.26%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.116 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @shenxn, @swetoast |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
