[johannes] wrote in to tell us about his latest project, a home automation setup he named Botman ... Botman is built around an Arduino with an Ethernet shield. The Arduino has very little memory ...

The Automation Board has been created to provide an easy way to use the Arduino IDE to implement home automation and includes additional features such as relay triggering, WiFi, sensoring ...

We've seen a lot of DIY home automation projects over the years ... The system uses both an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi alongside a ton of various sensors to monitor the house.