iHome

One of my interests is automating daily routines. My home runs on a Raspberry Pi 4 with Home Assistant in the local network — sensors, automations and dashboards, with no cloud dependency. A battery backup keeps it running for 24 hours even without power.

Raspberry Pi 4
Home Assistant
Zigbee / WiFi / ESPHome
Telegram bot
Yandex Alice
Node-RED

Architecture

Architecture: Raspberry Pi 4 in the local network, sensors connected via Zigbee, WiFi and ESPHome; control via dashboard, Telegram bot and Yandex Alice.

Architecture: Raspberry Pi 4 in the local network, sensors connected via Zigbee, WiFi and ESPHome; control via dashboard, Telegram bot and Yandex Alice.

Morning automation

The phone alarm starts a chain of scripts that gets the day going.

AlarmPhone morning alarm triggers the chain
Step 1Curtains open
Step 2Day schedule from Google Calendar
Step 3Weather forecast
Step 4Daily news
Step 5Podcasts start

Dashboards & hardware

Main dashboard — sensors, air quality, lights, calendar, music
System monitoring — load, backups, uptime
Companion app — the same dashboard on a phone
Raspberry Pi 4 — the heart of the system