What can you fit into a Raspberry Pi board while still keeping the price to $35? That’s a question Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton wrestled with when planning the third version of the product. He opted ...

What’s the point of smart home automation? To make every day tasks easier, of course! According to [Tomasz Cybulski], that wasn’t the case when he installed IKEA smart lights in his closet. It’s handy ...

Dresden-Elektronik has this month unveiled two new ZigBee home automation gateways taking the form of the Raspberry Pi based Phoscon Gateway and the smaller USB stick style hub, the ConBee II. The ...

Raspberry Pi has an in-store treat on its fourth anniversary. It is now shipping the Raspberry Pi 3 computer, which at the same $35 price as its Pi 2 predecessor packs a more powerful 64-bit CPU, and ...

I rode the first wave of smart home devices but immediately quit when I learned that smart speakers record my talks (and snores). For far too long, I've treated those smart lights and smart TVs as ...

Developers, makers and electronic enthusiasts looking for a home automation gateway may be interested in the ZiGate Ethernet offering connections via wireless, Bluetooth and Ethernet with optional ...

Home Assistant is free and open source home automation software that allows you to control and interact with smart home gadgets. You can install the software on a ...