Open Energy Monitor Home Automation Hub with MQTT, nodeRED, OpenHAB & LightwaveRF
At the Fully Charged Live event at Silverstone earlier this month we stopped by the Open Energy Monitor stand for a chat with Glyn Hudson…
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Hack: DIY Arduino Smart Home Control Panel Uses OpenHAB & MQTT
We always admired the amazing hardware and software that DIY home automators can put together and Mat Smiths project to build his ultimate home control panel…
Video: openHAB the Open Home Automation Bus
Home Automation Systems and Technology Choices was our most visited page last year. We’re constantly updating it and amongst recent new additions is the Open Home…
Latest Open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) Update Brings Raft of New Features
Kai Kreuzer updates us on the progress of the open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) software project… Only 8 months after our 1.0 release we have reached…
Converting to a DIY Shelly Smart Home – Part 1
Friend of Automated Home, MarkB, covers his latest DIY smart home project as he converts his house to use Shelly modules… There is no shortage…
AutoHome Rewards: Win the Konnected Smart Alarm Panel
Many of us have an ancient wired security alarm in our homes. Sad little beige boxes under the stairs that actually have a world of…
Video: Olimex ESP32-PoE Dev Board & Tour of Mat Smith’s Home Automation Lab
Here’s some more smarthome hardware hackery from Mat Smith (of the famed DIY Arduino Smart Home Control Panel). This time he’s trying to get to grips…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2018
2018 was an interesting year for us. We moved out of the Automated Home in October and our End of an Era announcement was your…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2015
The end of another year as we close in on an important Automated Home milestone, but more on that soon. Z-Wave really took off in…
SmartThings + Raspberry Pi & Homebridge = Siri HomeKit Controlled Smart Home
Here’s everything you need to get Siri controlling your Samsung SmartThings, Philips Hue lighting and Sonos using a Raspberry Pi running Homebridge. Automated Home reader (and media producer) Paul Gale takes…
Video: MQTT Smart Home Wall Controller Code Published
Over the course of this year we’ve been following Mat Smith as he designs and builds his amazing smart home control panel. In this latest November video update he…
Watch This: Mat Smith’s DIY Arduino Home Automation Control Panel
Back in January we checked in with Mat Smith on the progress of his home brew control panel. Now after a year in development Mat has his first…
Home Automation Systems and Technology Choices
The term “Home Automation” encompasses many different areas including Lighting, Heating / Aircon (HVAC), Energy Management, Security / CCTV, AV Distribution and Entertainment. There are…