The Automated Home site - a great resource for people wanting to keep abreast of developments in the DIY side of Home Automation. Automated Home focuses less on the big automation systems used by the Custom Install / CEDIA market; Crestron, Control4, Savant and AMX. Instead it's a great source of news and developments for products developed for keen home automation DIYers.
Automated Home
- Den Automation Launches UK Smart Home Range with Cool Self Moving SwitchesEarlier this month Den, the London based smart-home technology startup, launched their next generation light switches, sockets, remote controller and hub. After four years in...
- DIY Smart Home Hack Uses IFTTT API to Trigger MQTT Home Assistant ActionWhile the mail box is more of a US concept than a UK one, there’s some satisfying DIY smart home hackery going on here that...
- Powerful 75W USB-C PD Laptop (MacBook Pro) Charger for Home & TravelWith the arrival of the new MacBook Pro I was looking for a second mains charger, preferably one that would double up for travel duties...
- Nuimo Click Uses Energy Harvesting Tech for Wireless Sonos & Philips Hue Wall SwitchesHere’s a cool new switch from Berlin based smart home specialists, Senic. The Nuimo Click uses EnOcean’s energy harvesting technology to create, not only a wireless...
- Check Out These 8 Videos from CES 2019Earlier this month the 2019 CES show wrapped up for another year in Las Vegas. Here are 8 videos showing some of our favourite smart...
- Automated Home 2.0 – #05 Choosing Our ArchitectThe original Automated Home was built in 1999. We were young and enthusiastic, but perhaps lacked some life experience which meant we didn’t get everything...
- Homey Announce v2.0 Plus Homey Pro – Z-Wave, ZigBee, WiFi, BLE, IR, 433 & 868 MHzThe UK launch of Homey back in the Spring of 2017 was the most read post on Automated Home that year. The idea of a Smart...
- Review: KitSound ‘District’ Wireless Bluetooth Noise Cancelling HeadphonesKitsound have launched their new ‘District’ wireless bluetooth noise cancelling headphones and they sent us over a pair to try out. In the box you’ll...
- Automated Home 2.0 – #04 Awesome PTZ CCTV Camera to Watch Our Self Build RemotelyOver the years I’ve tried a lot of CCTV cameras. Things have come a long way as we moved from coax, CRTs and BNCs to...
- Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 20182018 was an interesting year for us. We moved out of the Automated Home in October and our End of an Era announcement was your...
