https://rickelobe.com/tags/iot/ Recent content in IoT on Rickelobe.com Hugo en-us Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:41:43 -0400 https://rickelobe.com/posts/2017-07-28-my-home-automation-setup-home-assistant/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 10:41:43 -0400 https://rickelobe.com/posts/2017-07-28-my-home-automation-setup-home-assistant/ <p>So, I&rsquo;ve mentioned in a post or two that I have a home automation system running, but haven&rsquo;t really talked about what it is or what it can do&hellip; Well, here&rsquo;s an overview!</p> <h1 id="what-is-it">What is it?</h1> <p><a href="https://home-assistant.io">Home-Assistant.</a> It&rsquo;s a fairly new home automation (HA) platform, that has gained a large following over the past couple years in the open-source community. Of the home HA systems I&rsquo;ve used, it has the best user-interface, and works with the widest variety of smart-home devices. All of the HA systems I&rsquo;ve tried required a good bit of technical knowledge to setup, but Home-Assistant is the easiest. I should note that the systems I&rsquo;ve tinkered with were all open-source systems (OpenHAB, Domoticz, etc) and are not geared towards your typical home user. There are platforms out there that are aimed at the regular home user (Wink, Insteon, SmartThings, etc), but I have not tried them out. # What can it do?</p>