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Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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Hi,

I would like to know if my garbage bins made it to the curb before family members left home on trash day. I would think a battery operated gps with zigbee would be perfect. I couldn't find a commercial product like this, if anyone is aware of one please comment. Otherwise, I think I will have to roll my own, maybe with an esp32 and zigbee or even esp32home.

Unless there is a better way to track location of my bins, i just need to know if they are at the curb or not. I could put a magnet at the curb or something.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

One option is a Bluetooth beacon along with ESPresence, assuming you're using Home Assistant.