You're reading from Building Smart Home Automation Solutions with Home Assistant Configure, integrate, and manage hardware and software systems to automate your home

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801815291

Length 356 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

ESP32

Concepts

Home Automation

Author (1):

Marco Antonio Santuci Carvalho

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to Home Assistant – Installation and Configuration

2. Chapter 1: Understanding Home Automation Systems FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Getting Started with Home Assistant

4. Part 2: Install, Create, and Hack Sensors and Actuators

5. Chapter 3: Hands-On Project 1 – Creating Your Own Sensor

6. Chapter 4: Hacking a Commercial Actuator to Work with Home Assistant

7. Part 3: Automations, Customizations, and Integrations Using Home Assistant

8. Chapter 5: Creating Automations Using Home Assistant

9. Chapter 6: Doing More Using Integrations and Customizations

10. Part 4: Expanding Home Assistant’s Capabilities

11. Chapter 7: Extending Home Automation Capabilities Using Add-ons

12. Chapter 8: Installing and Setting Up Home Assistant Container

13. Part 5: Learn by Doing and Future Trends

14. Chapter 9: Hands-On Project 2 – Creating an LED Strip Controller and Adding It to Home Assistant

15. Chapter 10: Hands-On Project 3 – Creating a Five-Zone Temperature Logger for Your Home

16. Chapter 11: The Road Ahead in Home Automation Technologies

17. Index

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