philpicton/homebridge-automation-hat

Homebridge plugin to control a Pimoroni Automation HAT on a Rasberry Pi

homebridge-automation-phat

Project to integrate a Pimoroni Automation (p)HAT on a Raspberry Pi Zero W with Apple's Homekit using Homebridge

This is the code for a basic homebridge plugin and a python server. By running both on a Raspberry Pi 0W with the Automation HAT installed you can add a relay as a switch to your Homekit and control it with Siri.

Obviously the Automation HAT is capable of much more and this project is a good start for more abitious home automation projects. Remember don't use the Automation HAT to directly switch mains electricity!

Installation

1. You need a Raspberry Pi with Raspian installed.
2. Install the Automation (p)HAT
3. Install Homebridge
4. Add homebridge as an accessory in your home app on IOS
5. Open a terminal and clone this repository git clone https://github.com/dropletmedia/homebridge-automation-hat.git
6. move or copy the config.json file into your home/pi/.homebridge folder.
7. Make sure flask is installed sudo pip3 install flask
8. use npm to install the homebridge plugin globally npm install -g ~/homebridge-automation-hat
9. Restart homebridge
10. start the server python ~/homebridge-automation-hat/server.py
11. Add the switch accessory to your home app on IOS

Usage example

I have connected some Led light strips with a music sensitive controller to my automation phat's relay. I've put them up in my shed, and with an Apple homepod and iphone I've set up a siri shortcut to play a playlist and turn the lights on when I say "Hey Siri, disco shed!!'

Meta

Phil Picton – @dropletmediaUK - https://dropletmedia.co.uk

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.

https://github.com/dropletmedia

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/dropletmedia/homekit-automation-hat/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request