Control Your Home with Raspberry Pi (1 ed)

Control Your Home with Raspberry Pi: Secure, Modular, Open-Source and Self-Sufficient (1 ed)

Ever since the Raspberry Pi was introduced, it has been used by enthusiasts to automate their homes. The Raspberry Pi is a powerful computer in a small package, with lots of interfacing options to control various devices. This book shows you how you can automate your home with a Raspberry Pi. You’ll learn how to use various wireless protocols for home automation, such as Bluetooth, 433.92 MHz radio waves, Z-Wave, and Zigbee. Soon you’ll automate your home with Python, Node-RED, and Home Assistant, and you’ll even be able to speak to your home automation system. All this is done securely, with a modular system, completely open-source, without relying on third-party services. You’re in control of your home, and no one else.

At the end of this book, you can install and configure your Raspberry Pi as a highly flexible home automation gateway for protocols of your choice and link various services with MQTT to make it your own system. This DIY (do it yourself) approach is a bit more laborious than just installing an off-the-shelf home automation system, but in the process, you can learn a lot, and in the end, you know exactly what’s running your house and how to tweak it. Your Raspberry Pi interest began with this, right?

• Turn your Raspberry Pi into a reliable gateway for various home automation protocols.
• Make your home automation setup reproducible with Docker Compose.
• Secure all your network communication with TLS.
• Create a video surveillance system for your home.
• Automate your home with Python, Node-RED, Home Assistant, and AppDaemon.
• Securely access your home automation dashboard from remote locations.
• Use fully offline voice commands in your own language.