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Home Automation with OpenHAB 2 and Matrix Creator
Introduction
This is my intro page for my Home Automation Project using OpenHAB 2 and the Matrix Creator with a Raspberry Pi 3 A+. OpenHAB 2 a free Home Automation software that has many built in options that make building a clean interface to control events and devices both manually and automatically. In a previous project I used OpenHAB 1 with a Raspberry Pi B which is still running, however I intend to use this newer version of OpenHAB to update that config.
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Hardware
Due to a post I made on the 'Project14 | Give Your Habitat a Personality Using Home Automation!' blog, I was provided with a Matrix Creator, Raspberry Pi 3 A+ and a GraspIO cloudio. I'm still considering how I can add the cloudio to the mix, but I will use the Matrix Creator and Raspberry Pi 3 A+ to run OpenHAB and provide environmental data.
Matrix Creator - Matrix Creator FPGA-driven IoT add-on board loaded with sensors, 802.15.4 radios and a mic array
Raspberry Pi 3 A+ - The specified item was not found.
GraspIO cloudio - https://www.element14.com/news/premier-farnell-launches-graspio-cloudio---a-raspberry-pi-expansion-board-with-a-mobile-p…
Software
To control the Home Automation Environment, I have selected OpenHAB 2 as the software to run on the RasPi 3 A+ and display and control the Matrix Creator as well as other devices connected and not connected. OpenHAB is a free software that runs on a multitude of hardware that can be used to easily create a Smart Home environment and automate many tasks all without the need of a cloud configuration. OpenHAB also has multiple UI options that can be accessed via a browser both locally and remotely with a mobile device. The UIs I decided to implement are the Paper UI to configure bindings for presenting data and the Basic UI for a clean interface.
The Matrix Labs software libraries have started with are the MATRIX Lite Python, MATRIX HAL and MATRIX Creator MCU libraries. Time permitting, I intend to add some MATRIX Creator FPGA features as well.
OpenHAB 2 - https://www.openhab.org/
MATRIX HAL - https://matrix-io.github.io/matrix-documentation/matrix-hal/overview/
MATRIX Lite Py - https://github.com/matrix-io/matrix-lite-py
MATRIX Creator MCU - https://github.com/matrix-io/matrix-creator-mcu
So far, I have been able to get some of the sensors from the Matrix Creator to be presented in the OpenHAB UI using the Open HAB Exec binding, Python, and MATRIX Lite Py.
Main OpenHAB page
Main Matrix Creator Sensor Page
ST LSM9DS1 Sensor page
ST HTS221 Sensor Page
This is what I have thus far.
Top Comments
Nice job - be warned - OpenHab is addicting! I started down that path about three years ago and have been running OH2. I love the add-ons and the flexibility. Love to see more of your project!