Practical Home Automation Using Node-RED and Raspberry Pi

Practical Home Automation Using Node-RED and Raspberry Pi udemy course

A Beginners Step by Step Guide to Create Your Smart Home System with a Node-RED Dashboard GUI and trial-test IoT

Introduction.

- No prior knowledge of Node-RED, Raspberry Pi, Linux, Modbus and the Internet of Things (IoT) is required.

- It will help if you are comfortable around computers and have a natural technical curiosity.

- The course philosophy is to take everything from first principles and to emphasize the Doing aspect of learning rather than getting too deep into the theoretical aspect of these technologies.

- Every lecture will have a video complete with a Step by Step guide.

Brief Overview.

This course will start with installing your Raspberry Pi (RPi) OS; specifying the required hardware equipment; then installing Node-RED (NR) and required nodes; creating a thermostat node flow to connect to a Modbus Temperature-Humidity Sensor and WiFi Smart Plug to automatically control your home Heating/Cooling and Lighting.

You will then create a Browser based NR Dashboard GUI. You will learn how to connect your Dashboard GUI to the Internet and to trial-test a Cloud connection to monitor and control your Smart Automated Home from any Internet connected device from anywhere, anytime. Ideal for holiday homes and second properties.

The Extra section will provide a sophisticated NR Flow (download) for Alerts and a trial-test of your email Alarms.

We will also discuss the exciting future potential of Node-RED, its growing use in commercial applications including corporations using it in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence (AI) for energy saving smart buildings and utility power supply Demand Response schemes.

Who this course is for - Additional Notes.

- Homeowners: who want a practical, economical, flexible, expandable, secure and functional smart automated home system.

- Educational Domain: teachers, students, schools/technical colleges, interested in a STEAM NR/RPi/IoT platform.

Note: This course is ideal for student projects and extracurricular activities.

- Home Schoolers: parents, students organizations interested in a STEAM NR/RPi/IoT platform.

Note: This course was designed to be young student friendly with step by step guides for teachers and parents who may not have a strong technical background. It should be also noted that STEM careers such as engineering are some the highest paid and most rewarding careers.

- Makers, Hobbyists: wanting to gain additional NR/RPi/MB/IoT experience.

- Building Controls engineers/technicians: wanting to upskill with RPi/NR/MB/IoT experience.

- Prospective Building Controls Engineers, Technicians: who want RPi/NR/MB/IoT experience.

Note: There is great demand for Building Control Engineers in most if not all western countries, so this course is very useful as an introduction into building environmental control principles such hysteresis (dead band) control, Modbus protocol etc. for those interested in a career in smart building control engineering.