Welcome to a smart condo. We are going to cover how to automate your pad.

Home automation is a great field because there are endless things you can do!

My personal favorite automation tool/software is Home Assistant (HA). There are many different wants to install it and HA integrates with a bunch of different hardware and software platforms.


Here are a few examples of the automation we can build:
  • Turn on the lights after sunset
  • Turn off the lights when you leave the house
  • Raise or lower blinds based on the location of the sun
  • Turn on/off lights for different scenarios - movies, bedtime, etc
  • Turn on/off a gas fireplace
  • Turn on/off heat or AC
  • Lock the front door
  • Have a portable button panel that does anything you want (turn on these lights, movie mode)

The best part, all of this can be done while you are at home, or away!

If you are into the Alexa ecosystem, home assistant can connect your devices to the cloud.