Gain the skills needed to create a hi-tech home--affordably and easily. This hands-on guide shows, step by step, how to use the powerful Raspberry Pi for home automation. Written in an easy-to-follow style, the book features DIY projects for Amazon Echo, Google Home, smart light bulbs and thermostats, and more. This title lays out essential skills for hobbyists and makers of all ages and experience levels. You will discover how to build gadgets that can work in conjunction with--or in some cases replace--commercially available smart home products. Inside, you'll learn how to: design and build custom home automation devices, interface a Google Home device to your Raspberry Pi, connect Google Voice Assistant to RasPi Incorporate GPIO control using the Amazon Echo, navigate home automation operating systems Use Z-Wave in your RasPi HA projects, work with sensors and develop home security systems, and tie your projects together to create an integrated home automation system
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