Use cases: As with all other weather sensors, the agricultural uses are the most obvious.Even at home, high wind can mean an alert is sent to lower outdoor umbrellas, for example. With newer smart ...

Smart home sensors typically communicate wirelessly, using protocols like Wi-Fi or Zigbee, allowing them to connect to other ...

If you can think of a smart home product, a sensor or switch or light, it’s very likely that one or more frustrated nerds figured out how to get it to work using Home Assistant several years ago.

While this pack consists of three sensors, the hub supports connecting to 10 such sensors, so if you have a bigger home, you can purchase individual sensors separately and link them to the same ...

Sure, you can use it to cut the big tech companies out of your smart home and design your own dashboard. But you can also use it as a gateway between a motley collection of non-HomeKit-friendly ...

But even with the rise of affordable and plug-and-play devices, you might still want to go the DIY route and make your own smart home gadget. In that case, a Raspberry Pi would be the perfect tool.

What you’ll learn: Arduino’s new QWIIC-based UNO Plug and Make Kit is simple to use and can be up and running in the cloud in 10 minutes. A 48-MHz, 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 from Renesas features ...

The Hue Motion Sensor ($44.99 at Best Buy) is designed to work with other Hue products, but can be set to turn lights — individual or a group — on or off when someone enters or leaves a room ...

I’ve been using the Apple Home platform for the last four years. Its easy setup, great-sounding HomePods, and excellent privacy and security make it the best platform for me.