# Home Assistant with Raspberry Pi

**URL:** <https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/home-assistant-with-raspberry-pi/5853>\
**Category:** Projects\
**Created:** [15 July 2019 02:50 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/home-assistant-with-raspberry-pi/5853 "2019-07-15T02:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leroy92101](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.core-electronics.com.au/leroy92101/32/2861_2.png) [@Leroy92101](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Leroy92101)\
**Post date:** [15 July 2019 02:50 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/home-assistant-with-raspberry-pi/5853/1 "2019-07-15T02:50:14Z")

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Hi,  
I’m new to Raspberry PI and would like to know if anyone has done a project using products from Core Electronics.

My first idea is to automate the turning on/off off house lights.

Home Assistant as in this open source home automation project:

> **[Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/)**
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> Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

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**Author:** ![Shaun21504](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.core-electronics.com.au/shaun21504/32/8473_2.png) [@Shaun21504](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Shaun21504)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2019 09:54 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/home-assistant-with-raspberry-pi/5853/2 "2019-07-18T09:54:42Z")

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I have several friends who use the Home Assistant as their controller and they all recommend it.

I use a Raspberry Pi 3b to control my home but using a custom controller connected to Amazon Alexa. The support for the Raspberry Pi is its big advantage. I have many Single Board Computers used various projects but the Pi is used in my CNC router, a couple of robots and even for controlling over 4000 RGB Christmas lights.