Home Automation Q&A #3 - March 2016

Arduino-controlled smart homes, the August smart lock and how to choose the appropriate home automation system are the topics for this month's Home Automation Q&A episode!
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Shane wrote in:
Just build your own home automation system with an Arduino! It's way cheaper and easier to use. Plus you have way more capability with arduino. If people use their brain as well as creativity, we as "consumers" could shift technology into hyperspeed and elevate our way of living.

Hmm, well, an Arduino might not be for everyone, sadly.

Starts at 3:09
Joseph wrote in:
Good vid, i just bought my august and really like it.  I do agree the geo location feature is not that good.  I would like it better if it was just strictly bluetooth and auto unlocked based on that.

We definitely agree on the geo-location issue, and elaborate a bit more in the episode.

Starts at 10:15
Jason wrote in:
(Paraphrased) I want to retire my CFL bulbs and move to LED, but what about smart bulbs vs traditional dimmers? And what kind of system is best? We're an Apple family, so we're probably leaning towards HomeKit, but we want the system to be future-proof. Can smart bulbs detect our presence and change the lights from room-to-room? Will some of the current systems, like SmartThings, ever work with Lutron or Insteon?
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