Although I love to read about new home automation tech I don’t tend to change the kit that I have at home very often so here is a brief list of what I use to power my smart home. I aim to write about each of these items in more detail in the future. Spoiler, I wouldn’t buy some of these things again.
- Raspberry Pi4 4GB running Home Assistant
- Hive TRV’s and gas boiler controls
- LightwaveRF dimmer light switches (Gen1 – connect series)
- Aqara contact, temperature, presence and humidity sensors
- Switchbot curtains
- ESP32\ESP8266 running ESPHome
- DigQuad LED controller running WLED with SK6812 12V RGBW
- Meross WiFi power gangs
- Unbranded smart plugs (with power monitoring) running Tasmota
- Lots of Amazon echo stuff
- Ubiquiti wireless access points
- Philips Bloom
- Raspberry Pi3 running Hyperion with WS2812B RGB
- Roku media player
- iPad as a kiosk\control center
- Shelly EM for energy monitoring
- FireAngel fire\carbon monoxide alarms