Home automation with Home-Assistant and Raspberry Pi Zero – Part 1: Hardware
So a few weeks ago I managed to get my hands on a cute little Raspberry Pi Zero. I didn’t have a plan what to do with it, but since it was cheap (round about 10€) I simply couldn’t resist ordering one.
At first I wanted to build a smart mirror but then I decided to build something cheaper because observation mirrors are way to expensive and I didn’t have a spare LED-TV lying around. After stumbling around the internet I found this cool project called home-assistant.
So home automation it was….
Hardware
Must have:
- Raspberry Pi Zero (you should buy a kit with GPIO header, SD-Card, power suply etc)
- Pi Perma Proto Hat (or any other circuit board for soldering everything together)
- Wires
- Soldering tin
- 3x Infra-Red-LEDs
- 1x Infra-Red-Receiver
- 1x 433 MHz Receiver & 1x 433 MHz Transmitter
- 2x 433 MHz Antennas
- 433 MHz Sockets (be sure to buy some with switches to configure the frequency)
- WiFi-Dongle
Optional:
- USB-Hub (since the Pi Zero only has one free USB Port)
- OTG Adapter (for the Wifi-dongle)
- Case for the Raspberry Pi Zero
- Tools
- Soldering Iron
- Pincers
- Screwdriver
The next part is going to show you how to assemble the circuit board.