My Automated Home: Raspberry Pi + Node-Red + MQTT & Amazon Echo
In our latest My Automated Home feature, Dave McLaughlin takes us through his journey developing his own smart home system. With some DIY upgrades to existing…
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My Automated Home: Domoticz Powered Open Source Smart Home
Our latest “My Automated Home” story comes from Ian Gardner and his Domoticz powered smart home. My home automation journey started around 12 years ago with a…
My Automated Home: One Woman’s Journey into the Smart Home World
Sometimes the tech world can seem like a private mens club. Thankfully that’s changing with each year that passes and our latest ‘My Automated Home’ feature…
My Automated Home: Heat Genius Smart Home Heating Controls
This months ‘My Automated Home’ feature follows Johannes Jensson’s compressive review of his Heat Genius installation… Nobody has escaped the rapid rise of gas and electricity prices…
My Automated Home: Open Source Automation
Ever since I was a kid and saw my first remote controlled light, I got it in my head that this was something that I…
My Automated Home: Free Touchscreen Digital Home Server Software
Almost exactly a year ago we brought you the first of in our series of ‘My Automated Home’ articles. It was submitted by Soitjes Soit…
My Automated Home: Tom Lawrence – Home Brew X10 Plus XMBC Control
This months My Automated Home feature comes from Tom Lawrence, a final year student at Staffordshire University. Along with his friend Andy Jackson, he has…
My Automated Home: Nigel Giddings – Installing Broadband in a Rural Location
In this months ‘My Automated Home’ feature, Nigel Giddings shows us his ingenious set-up that grabs a 3G signal from one corner of his rural…
My Automated Home : Keyvan Rahimian’s DIY iPad Plus Global Cache Setup
This months “My Automated Home” feature is from Keyvan Rahimian who shows us around his DIY IPad based home automation set-up. The system uses an…
My Automated Home: Dan McGrath & the iPhone Gate
This month’s ‘My Automated Home’ comes from serial hacker Dan McGrath. We’ve covered some of Dan’s previous projects and they’re always fascinating . This one…
My Automated Home: Delmar Faddens Event Control System (ECS)
This months ‘My Automated Home’ comes from Delmar Fadden, a man that’s no stranger to electronics. As a retired avionics and flight deck engineer he’s…
My Automated Home : Martyn Wendon’s Four Nodes
In the latest of our ‘My Automated Home’ series, Martyn Wendon shows us round the four Nodes of his smart home set-up. Covering a decade…
My Automated Home : Richard Farthing’s Green Open Source House
In the second of our new “My Automated Home” series, Richard Farthing takes us on a tour of his Green Open Source House. On a…
My Automated Home : Soitjes Soit’s Digital Home Server
In the first of our new ‘My Automated Home’ series, Soitjes Soit talks us through the idea behind his home brew Digital Home Server. Created…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2016
2016 has been an interesting year, even the complicated world of Smarthome tech has been easier to follow than the politics. Before we start, here’s a special…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2015
The end of another year as we close in on an important Automated Home milestone, but more on that soon. Z-Wave really took off in…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2014
2014 really was the year you went bonkers for heating controls. There are no less than 7 posts in our top 20 based on these technologies and our Heating Forums have…
Home Automation Systems and Technology Choices
The term “Home Automation” encompasses many different areas including Lighting, Heating / Aircon (HVAC), Energy Management, Security / CCTV, AV Distribution and Entertainment. There are…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2011
The end of another year of digital home tech and a chance to pause and take stock. This years top twenty most read home automation…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year
The end of another year and time for a customary glance back at the 20 most popular posts from 2010. 5 of our top 20…