Despite working in the electronics field, I never really got into #smarthome stuff. But lately I have been trying out #homeassistant and was excited that a friend from Chicago Meetups, @kbx81, has been working at #NabuCasa on the #esphome project.
I spoke with Keith about how to get started as a beginner in the field, but then also how to put some custom electronics to work in a #homeautomation context. I was impressed with how fast I could add a #zigbee device to my HA
Pro tip, don’t use a Pi or any dedicated small ARM thing to run it. Don’t use Docker or supervised install. Get a tiny refurb PC like a ThinkCentre M720 and install proxmox, then HAOS in a VM. Much better experience and you can use the same box for a few other local things.
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