Setting up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi gives full control with no subscription fees or cloud dependency. Home Assistant supports various integrations beyond lights and plugs, stays open-source, ...

Zigbee2MQTT enables Zigbee devices to communicate with your home automation software via MQTT. Utilizing a Raspberry Pi as a dedicated Zigbee hub provides flexibility in device placement. Running ...

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These days, it seems like everything, even your usual everyday-use objects such as refrigerators and plugs, can be enhanced with smart home technology. Many grueling day-to-day tasks that used to take ...

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Home Assistant is free and open source home automation software that allows you to control and interact with smart home gadgets. You can install the software on a ...

The official development team at Raspberry Pi have recently launched their second generation touchscreen in the form of the app named Raspberry Pi 2 Touchscreen. Providing an affordable and versatile ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you’re a tech nerd, then Home Assistant may be the smart home ecosystem for you. If you’re a tech nerd, then ...

If you are interested in making smart gadgets using the range of Raspberry Pi mini PC systems, you may be interested in this months official Raspberry Pi MagPi Magazine issue 110 which features a ...

A Raspberry Pi computer can do a little of everything, including keeping you occupied if you need a new project (or distraction). This teeny-tiny computer not only clocks in at a low price, but could ...

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