With all of the hacks, vulnerabilities, data leaks and other disheartening news surrounding cloud services, cloud products, and big data companies, you may want to consider putting in the effort to create your own version of these solutions. "Smart" doorbell Have you read the recent news that the "smart doorbell" ▶
Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform built on Python 3 that supports over 1100 components ▶
Advanced topics related to Home Assistant (HA) using in-depth steps, allowing you to maximize the use of Home Assistant, and also help with experimentation. ▶
Home Assistant (HA) is a home automation operating system with a focus on local control and privacy. HA includes a custom operating system, HA Core, to run the home automation operations and a supervisor to manage everything, keeping it up to date. ▶
This article addresses the creation of an Armbian image using the mainline linux kernel 5.2.0-rc3, and the setup of the popular home automation software, Home Assistant. This exercise was performed targeting the popular Single Board Computer (SBC) ODROID-C1. ▶
This article describes how to install Google Home on the ODROID-C2. ▶
Ever since I started working with Home Assistant and automating various things around the house I wanted to have a way to control the lights. I looked at smart light bulbs, like Philips Hue, but they are expensive. Also, most solutions use proprietary protocols or cloud services which may leak personal data, or might stop working in the future leaving you with expensive paperweights. The solution: Sonoff wifi switches built by Itead in conjunction with ODROIDs ▶
In this article we're going to look at a Home Assistant companion - AppDaemon ▶
In this article, we are going to combine ODROIDs with a little bit of hardware and Home Assistant, so that we can start converting non-smart appliances to "smart" appliances. We'll be working with wires, doing a bit of soldering, connecting relays, and in some cases working with mains voltage, so ▶
Easy to spin up and try out new applications, conversely its equally trivial to completely remove applications one may no longer interested in. ▶
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