Automated Home

• Building an OpenTherm Weather Compensator for Honeywell evohome
  We fitted Honeywell evohome in our last house and it remains one of our favourite smart home heating systems. Now Automated Home reader Kevin Smart...
• Useful Gadget of the Week: Plug In PIR Motion Sensor Hallway LED Night Light
  In our current temporary accommodation I was looking for something to light up a hall way based on motion. Now, as home automation enthusiasts we...
• Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2019
  2019 was one to remember. It was the year that work got underway on the Automated Home 2.0 – thank you for following along with...
• HassKit is New Home Assistant Control App
  Home Assistant continues to gain fans around the world with its powerful ability to integrate multiple home automation systems. While it’s still very much a...
• Listen: Vergecast Podcast Discuss Project Connected Home IP
  In this last episode of the Vergecast podcast for 2019, the panel discusses last weeks announcements from Amazon, Apple, Google, Zigbee and Z-Wave. …Nilay Patel,...
• Video: The Best Wireless Battery Powered Security Cameras – 2019
  One of my YouTube subscriptions, ‘The Hook Up’ recently did a great overview of the best wireless, battery powered security cameras available. If you’ve been...
• Z-Wave Alliance & Silicon Labs to Open Z-Wave Specification
  Just 24 hours after Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance unveiled their plans to develop a new Open Source smart home standard, the Z-Wave...
• Amazon, Apple, Google & Zigbee to Develop New Open Source Smart Connected Home Over IP Standard
  Earlier today, in a surprise move, a group of top tech companies announced “Project Connected Home over IP”.  Amazon, Apple, Google, and brands from the...
• Join Our New Automated Home Facebook Group
  Our old UKHA_D Yahoo Group has been around since 1998. But this weekend we’ve moved our Smart Home discussions over to our brand new group...
• Crestron Introduces Wireless Horizon EX Dimmers and Keypads [Updated]
  Crestron are now shipping their wireless Horizon EX keypads and dimmers. This new line of wall-box controllers features matching dimmers and keypads, enabling residential system...