Smart Things is a project to make a Smart Home connecting to Internet of Things.
Sensors/actuators --> WiFi microcontrollers --> IoT gateway --> IoT
The heart of Iot Gateway is Domoticz running on Raspberry Pi.
Below description is related to RPi 3 B+. More info about install:
- https://www.balena.io/etcher/
- https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
- https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md
- https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/desktop.md
Install steps, using Windows:
- Download and install Etcher (on Windows)
- Download Raspbian with desktop and recommended software zip file (on Windows)
- Flash Raspbian zip file to SD card, using Etcher (on Windows)
- Remove SD card from Windows and put into RPi
- Power on RPi
- Basic configuration
- Connect PRi to Internet
- Update Raspbian
Below description is related to RPi 3 B+. More info about install:
Install steps on RPi:
curl -L https://install.domoticz.com | bash
Below description is related to RPi 3 B+. More info about configuration:
- https://www.domoticz.com/DomoticzManual.pdf
- https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/
- Set RPi as WiFi Access Point (not needed: DHCP server, dnsmasq, DNS server, bridge)
- Set Domoticz retention config
Below description is related to ESP8266. The selected firmware is: https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/index.php/ESPEasy
There are a lot of HW variants for ESP8266. Suggested variants:
- https://wiki.wemos.cc/products:d1:d1_mini for sensors and low voltage actuators (4MB, with direct USB flashing)
- https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sonoff_basic or similar for high voltage actuators (1MB, external serial flaser is needed, flasher pins must be soldered)
ESPEasy supports below sensors and actuators:
Sensors and actuators on top of WeMos D1 mini:
See: Flashing Firmware