I am a big fan of Home Assistant - Home Assistant and use it to control my house. Quick demo of some of the capabilities from HA webs - demo
It is a bit of a "rosetta stone" for home automation that allows you to mix and match all sorts of devices (zigbee, z-wave, wifi, 433Mhz,) from various vendors and have it all work seamlessly (no vendor lock-in). It is open source free software that you can run on a spare PC or raspberry pi. In my case I use a raspberry pi 4 with an SSD attached. It is controllable there is likely someone who is using HA to control it.
At home I have:
Enough salesmanship, so I got to thinking about "Camper Assistant" and how it might be used in a camper so did some googling:
So I have a spare pi that I thought I might start doing some modest first steps:
Next step - get pi running off batteries and loaded with basic integrations for starter sensors.
It is a bit of a "rosetta stone" for home automation that allows you to mix and match all sorts of devices (zigbee, z-wave, wifi, 433Mhz,) from various vendors and have it all work seamlessly (no vendor lock-in). It is open source free software that you can run on a spare PC or raspberry pi. In my case I use a raspberry pi 4 with an SSD attached. It is controllable there is likely someone who is using HA to control it.
At home I have:
- lights (control lights on off, dim, etc.)
- switches (air filters, fans turn on/off)
- sensors (temperature, humidity, presence, door open close, water leak detection, etc)
- automations (arriving home at night, walk into room, garage door open, side gate open, etc.)
- presence detection (turn on counter lights when entering kitchen, closet lights, etc)
- reminders (you left the garage open, tomorrow is trash day, give dog medication, etc.)
- voice integration (hey google turn on X light, fan, filter, etc)
- voice notification (google devices say "hey dummy you left the garage open, or leak detected in attic water heater, etc.)
- control volume of music playing through the house, see what is playing, etc.
- control / monitor all the above while on the road (nabu casa)
Enough salesmanship, so I got to thinking about "Camper Assistant" and how it might be used in a camper so did some googling:
So I have a spare pi that I thought I might start doing some modest first steps:
- few sensors (temp, humidity, pressure) - zigbee sensor (no hub required with zigbee pie dongle)
- door sensors - sensor
- basic dash board to show graphs from sensors
- basic automations - turn on small light when door opens, etc.
- future potential (energy monitoring, leak detectors, GPS location tracking, OBD II vehicle data, battery powered cameras, puddle light on for night time bathroom break, etc.
Next step - get pi running off batteries and loaded with basic integrations for starter sensors.