HCS_IV Home Automation System is a project to update his HCS_C home automation system. For the uninitiated, the original HCS was created by [Steve Ciarcia] of Byte and Circuit Cellar fame.

The new resource provides over 40+ home automation project ideas allowing you to utilize the Arduino Cloud and create a wide ... “It can be daunting building a home automation system from scratch.

Home automation certainly works for utilitarian tasks–you could configure the system to e-mail you if it senses a water leak, for example–but it should offer a dash of luxury, too. Here’s ...

This board is the start of [Steven Pearson’s] quest to automate his home. The module will be used to prototype the rest of the project. Right now it uses an ATmega328 chip running the Arduino… ...

Let’s walk through the building blocks required to put together your own self-hosted, subscription-free home automation system. Using the Home Assistant project as a foundation, we'll cover some ...

Sam adds: “Many home automation systems communicate through X10, this one’s slightly different. The system I use is called HomeEasy, which is a wireless (433MHz) interface.

Home automation, mainly using Crestron, has been at the core of my audio-video system in my last three houses. While not the most fruitful of advertising category (when comparing to audiophile and ...

A $50 power outlet plugin is neat, but it's hardly a complete home automation system. If you want to get into some more advanced systems, you're going to need to start choosing a network protocol ...

Co-founder Marc Fleury has a vision to leverage community to make OpenRemote successful, but it's not the kind of open-source community most people talk about.