Automate your home with Home Assistant
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Home Assistant runs on a Raspberry Pi with a local MQTT broker and integrates 1000+ integrations (Yeelight, 433 MHz USB stick, ZigBee/Z‑Wave bridges, cameras, DuckDNS for remote HTTPS). Presence uses Bluetooth/Wi‑Fi/GPS and triggers automations (triggers → conditions → actions) like a train‑alarm or leaving‑home shutdown. Custom ESP8266 devices publish MQTT then deep‑sleep; one button reports in about 1s latency and works reliably. The hass.io Docker images, secrets file practice and active community (100+ contributors, ~10 commits/day) keep it maintainable.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:34Alternatives
- 2:04What is Home Assistant?
- 7:00My (small) hardware setup
- 10:21Software setup
- 12:10My way of setting it up
- 16:33Presence detection technology
- 20:17Automating lights
- 25:02More wireless technologies
- 29:12Saving energy
- 31:35Automation UI 2
- 36:23Configuration
- 40:39States in my flat
- 41:50Open Source Hard & Software
- 43:50Kitchen Temperature
- 45:46Train alarm
- 46:22Different ways to trigger
- 46:53Speaking with your HA and intents
- 48:58Helper software I use
- 49:33My future plans
- 50:52Questions / Discussion
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