Part 5: Learn by Doing and Future Trends

In this part, you will be working through two hands-on projects, which will help you to create sensors and actuators for your home and use them with Home Assistant and other software tools. New trends and technologies will be presented. A list of frequently answered questions regarding Home Automation and Home Assistant will help to consolidate what you learned in the book. This part will be helpful in providing a list of resources for your continuous learning in the home automation area.

This part has the following chapters:

• Chapter 9, Hands-On Project 2 – Creating an LED Strip Controller and Adding It to Home Assistant
• Chapter 10, Hands-On Project 3 – Creating a Five-Zone Temperature Logger for Your Home
• Chapter 11, The Road Ahead in Home Automation Technologies