Title: Building Smart Home Automation Solutions with Home Assistant: Configure, integrate, and manage hardware and software systems to automate your home
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication Date: 2023
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1801815291
ISBN 13: 9781801815291
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Acceptable
Weight: 23.13 ounces

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Synopsis

A step-by-step guide to building cost-effective and complete home automation DIY projects using tools such as Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, IoT devices, the Tasmota sensor, ESP32, and Grafana

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
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Book Description

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.

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

Who this book is for

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.

Understanding Home Automation Systems
Getting Started with Home Assistant
Hands-On Project 1 – Creating Your Own Sensor
Hacking a Commercial Actuator to Work with Home Assistant
Creating Automations Using Home Assistant
Doing More Using Integrations and Customizations
Extending Home Automation Capabilities Using Add-ons
Installing and Setting Up Home Assistant Container
Hands-On Project 2 – Creating an LED Strip Controller and Adding It to Home Assistant

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About the Author

Marco Carvalho is an experienced Home Automation Hobbyist Engineer, Electrical Engineer and technician. Pursuing his passion in Electronics and Embedded systems, he had created an Embedded Home Automation Task Scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays he has been using wireless electronics devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As a MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. He is currently working at Apex Microtechnology and is involved in creating semiconductors for the Power Analog Industry

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