DIY Low-Cost Open-Source-Powered Smart Home in a Rented Flat
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Shows how to build a portable, low-cost smart home in a rented flat using OpenHAB, cheap flashed Wi‑Fi/BLER sockets and recycled laptops as wall displays. Describes tying sensors and remotes over Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi‑Fi, running a local multiroom audio server for Spotify/SoundCloud to avoid cloud lock‑in, adding a firewall/remote-access gateway, and measuring real power use; reports which integrations worked, which required custom firmware, and which failed in apartment constraints.
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- 0:00Start
- 1:35DISCLAIMER
- 12:36REMOTE CONTROL SOCKETS V2
- 15:02REMOTE CONTROL BLE BULB
- 15:50SNIFF BLE CONNECTION
- 17:55REMOTE CONTROL LIGHTS
- 18:50USE THE APP!!!
- 19:34SONOFF SWITCH
- 21:34ARDUINO TRICK 17
- 22:11APPLE HOMEKIT INTEGRATION
- 22:42IKEA TRADFRI HACKS
- 24:18MY FLAT
- 26:16MY STREAMS
- 27:59MULTI ROOM AUDIO MOPIDY
- 30:08AIRPLAY SUPPORT
- 30:28MULTIROOM AUDIO
- 34:19MEASURE TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY
- 34:59MY COFFEE GETS SMART
- 36:36NOT YET IMPLEMENTED
- 39:04HEATERS
- 39:43REMOTE CONTROL IR DEVICES
- 40:30SMART MIRROR
- 41:32LCD TRAIN DEPARTURE DISPLAY
- 42:40REMOTE CONTROLLED ACCESS CONTROL
- 43:09RFID BASED ACCESS CONTROL
- 47:52SPEECH TO TEXT CONTROL
- 48:34SOME PICS
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