Smart Home
This section explains the core concepts behind modern smart homes — from sensors and wireless protocols to platforms like Home Assistant and MQTT. If you’re new to smart home tech, or want to properly understand how everything fits together before building, this is the right place to begin.
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What hardware do I need to run Home Assistant?
Home Assistant will run on any hardware that meets the following minimum requirements: The easiest way to get up and running with Home Assistant is to run it on a dedicated device such as a Raspberry Pi or a small lower-power computer such as an NUC. NUC A NUC is a small, but powerful computer…
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Basics of automations and scenes in home assistant
Throughout this post, we explain how to write automations and scenes within Home Assistant to control sensors, lights, and other entities in a consistent and reliable way. We cover when to use automations versus scenes, how they work behind the scenes, and how to combine them to create a smarter, more responsive home.
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Unlocking your home assistant dashboard
In this post we look at how to take control of your dashboard in Home Assistant, as well as create and manage views and cards.
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Automation ideas for Door and Window Contact Sensors
Door and window contact sensors are hugely versatile and can be used in a number of home automation scenarios. These sensors often consume very little power and can run off of a single battery for many months.
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Smart bulbs or smart light switches? Which one should you buy?
There are numerous benefits to using smart lighting over traditional lights. Most people find that the increased convenience is a huge benefit. With smart lighting, you can turn on and off lights, either via an app or automatically via automations. In addition, you often get more control, such as changing the lights' colour, brightness, and…
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