Picture a home where you can adjust the lighting based on the time of day or when movement is detected. In this same home, you can also detect when a door is unexpectedly opened or an alarm is triggered in response to any suspicious activity. Such automated devices form part of a smart home, and the exciting part is that this book teaches you how to create and manage these devices all by yourself.
This book helps you create your own ecosystem to automate your home using Home Assistant software. You’ll begin by understanding the components of a home automation system and learn how to create, hack, and configure them to operate seamlessly. Then, you'll set up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi to work as a home automation server, build your own IoT sensors based on ESP32/ESP8266, and set up real-life automation use cases using hands-on examples and projects. The chapters will also guide you in using software tools such as Node-RED, InfluxDB, and Grafana to manage, present, and use data collected from your Home Automation devices. Finally, you’ll gain insights into new technologies and trends in the home automation space to help you continue with your learning journey.
By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build your own creative, IoT-based home automation system using different hardware and software technologies.
publication date
2023-09-15
what you will learn
Understand the fundamental concepts of home automation systems
Set up a home automation system using Home Assistant and Raspberry Pi
Create and configure ESP8266-based sensors to work with Home Assistant
Hack a commercial actuator to work with Home Assistant using Tasmota
Create automations, customize, and use applications with Home Assistant
Leverage IoT software tools to take your home automation to the next level
Work on hands-on projects, including LED strip lights and an ESP32 five-zone temperature logger
Explore home automation FAQs, emerging technologies, and trends
key features
Learn by doing using real-life practical examples to build your own home automation system * Create, hack, and configure IoT devices through hands-on projects to be used with or without Home Assistant * Customize your home automation system using Home Assistant, Node-RED, InfluxDB, and Grafana * Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
approach
The book will explain in detail how to build your own Home Automation system using Home Assistant along with the essential sensors and actuators. The explanations in the book are supported with practical examples focused on convenience, savings, time, and safety. Along the book, example projects using Node-RED, InfluxDB, and Grafana will be added to the system created so it can be expanded and improved.
audience
The book is for engineers, developers, students, makers, and enthusiasts who’re working on or interested in working with electronics and IoT devices, embedded systems, systems integration, computer software, and coding to develop their own smart home automation systems. Technicians, teachers, and other professionals who want to learn home automation–related technologies will also find this book useful. Prior experience of working with Raspberry Pi, creating hardware prototypes, and software programming will be beneficial.
short description
This book is a fun-to-follow practical guide with real-life examples that’ll help you to implement basic automated routines to advanced configurations for sensors and actuators while building your own home automation ecosystem. You’ll learn the principles and techniques for handling IoT electronic devices, Home Assistant, and other software tools.
subtitle
Configure, integrate, and manage hardware and software systems to automate your home
keywords
Raspberry Pi 4; Smart Home kit; Smart Home devices; Smart Home products; Tinker; Home Automation devices; tinkerer
Product ISBN
9781801815291
