https://ric.engineering/ Personal website of Eric Plaß (formerly Eric Elbing ). 2026-08-23T17:49:39+02:00 Eric Plaß https://ric.engineering/ Jekyll © 2026 Eric Plaß /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-08-23T00:00:00+02:00 2026-08-23T00:00:00+02:00 https://ric.engineering/posts/ha_display/ Eric Plaß

For a long time I did not want to interact with Home Assistant through my phone or laptop. I tried voice, but getting it local and fast enough to actually use during the day was a bit much. What I wanted was a normal wall panel: something I can configure from Home Assistant and use to control the house, locally. Something like this: ] ] All of that for not much...

2026-04-01T00:00:00+02:00 2026-04-01T00:00:00+02:00 https://ric.engineering/posts/gom/ Eric Plaß

Over time, my Org setup reached a point where it felt complete. Notes, todos, meetings, ideas — everything had its place, and everything flowed naturally into my agenda (see my previous blog post). I could even define my own custom agenda states! The default TODO/DONE cycle works fine for a grocery list, but real work has more nuance. Org makes it easy to define your own workflow states: (set...

2025-11-29T00:00:00+01:00 2025-11-29T00:00:00+01:00 https://ric.engineering/posts/Emacs/ Eric Plaß

I know a few people that use emacs for note-taking or as an IDE and recently I decided to give it a try. Instead of diving into vanilla Emacs, I picked up spacemacs. As a former Obsidian user, I wanted to rebuild my note-taking workflow using Org mode and Org Roam. At first glance, Org appears to be just a markup language for notes and todos. But it’s much more than that: it’s a flexible syste...

2025-11-08T00:00:00+01:00 2025-11-08T00:00:00+01:00 https://ric.engineering/posts/Surname-Update/ Eric Plaß

In this post, I would like to share a brief update regarding a recent change to my name. Until November 2025, I was known as Eric Elbing. I have since formally changed my surname to Plaß. All official records and publications going forward will appear under the name Eric Plaß. However, previous work released under my former name remain an integral part of my academic and professional backgrou...

2025-10-15T00:00:00+02:00 2025-10-15T00:00:00+02:00 https://ric.engineering/posts/Unitree-Sportmode/ Eric Plaß

Recently, a few people asked me how I control the Go2 in low-level mode and how I managed to disable Sport Mode. By default, the Unitree Go2 operates in high-level Sport Mode, which handles motion planning and stability for you. While convenient for most users, Sport Mode restricts access to low-level commands—making precise or custom motions impossible. Sport Mode runs directly on the MCU, a...