[LCA2019 Chat] Home Automation Workshop

Alastair D'Silva alastair at d-silva.org
Fri Dec 28 09:41:43 AEDT 2018


Hi folks,

The workshop is on Wednesday the 23rd, at 3:50pm through to the end of the day.

On 27 December 2018 4:28:25 pm AEDT, Alastair D'Silva <alastair at d-silva.org> wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I'll be running a home automation at the upcoming LCA.
>
>The workshop will cover:
>- Setting up Home Assistant
>- Using Home Assistant with GPIO
>- Programming ARM microcontrollers
>- Using 1Wire connected ARM microcontrollers with Home Assistant
>- Creating automation rules using Node Red
>
>The workshop kit includes:
>- Orange Pi Prime (4 core 64bit ARM, 2GB RAM)
>- 24V AU Plug Pack
>- Custom hat for the OPi, with GPIO broken out, 1wire controller &
>temperature sensor, DC/DC power supply & pushbutton
>- 433MHz RX/TX modules to add to the hat later for RF interaction
>- SWD Programmer for programming & debugging ARM microcontrollers
>- 2 x 16 Channel 1wire->solid state relay/switch input boards
>- 1m ethernet cable to link a 1wire device to the hat (additional
>devices
>can be daisy-chained)
>- Relay module (for demo purposes, I expect that real usage will use
>devices
>such as 5 channel DIN solid state relays)
>- 3d printed cases for the OPi &1wire boards (maybe, will see how much
>time
>I have available for design)
>
>The workshop kit will come out to between AUD$100 & $150, and is yours
>to
>keep. The machine is intentionally overpowered, so you can run
>additional
>services as you grow your system.
>
>The extra hardware is all open source, schematics & firmware are
>available
>at:
>https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/onewire-softdevice
>
>In that repo are also designs for integrated SSR controllers, Aircon
>zone
>controllers & RGBW LED controllers. I'll add more as I grow my own
>system,
>but it's also relatively easy to contribute your own designs back if
>you
>have a specific need.
>
>I've budgeted for 30 attendees (21 spots left at this time), and you
>can
>sign up here:
>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fMhuI9Nj5PQ4SVGyEtkQcxBZELwPuUaIfyM5
>VP8aup4/edit?usp=sharing
>
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