How to Turn Your Raspberry Pi into a Home Automation Dashboard
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Summary
For those wanting to turn a Raspberry Pi into a home automation dashboard, Home Assistant is a robust, user-friendly platform that works well for both beginners and advanced users, according to a detailed how-to guide in MakeTechEasier.
It automates and unifies control of all smart devices within a home, and has extensive integration capabilities, a modern, customizable interface, strong automation flexibility, and a large, active community.
To set up, the Raspberry Pi Imager tool can be used to install the OS, and a web browser is used to reach the local IP address to go through onboarding and add the first smart device.
In the Devices & Services area, integrations with devices and services can be added, with helpful, integration-specific instructions offered during setup to find, authenticate, and name devices.
