Check the components page of Home Assistant to see how big is the list of supported devices and paltforms.
All the data of your home are stored in a SQL database server that runs on your own Raspberry Pi and not sent to any cloud service.
The Raspberry Pi is a very low power device, so you can run it 24/7 with a negligible impact on your energy bill.
With the infrared receiver and transmitter integrated in the d-diot board you can control any devices that has a dummy infrared remote (TV, hi-fi, AV receiver, etc..).
The integrated ATMega2560 microcontroller, thanks to the RFLink firmware, encodes and decodes the 433 Mhz signals used by a lot of devices on the market (like smart plugs, smoke detectors, motion sensors, etc...).
In the d-diot board you have two MySensors gateways: NRF24 at 2.4 Ghz and RFM69 at 868 Mhz. With MySensors you can easily build any sensor or actuator, you want with just an arduino and a radio module.
The Raspberry Pi 3 model B has a built-in wifi and bluetooth module and both networks are suitable to interact with your devices.
The d-diot hub can be built with less than 100€ or less than 50€ , if you already own a Raspberry Pi and an SD card.
To run your hub, simply burn the d-diot image to an SD card and you are ready to go. To add more connectivity (Z-Wave or ZigBee for example) simply put an USB stick to one of the four ports of the Raspberry Pi.
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The Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B) is the credit card sized computer that do all the work in the d-diot hub. The OS of the hub is the d-diot image which is a pre-configured image based on Raspbian lite.
In few words Home Assistant is the core of your home automation. It is a great open source projects that allows you to control an impressive number of smart devices through an easy and nice web interface.
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RFLink is a firmware that encodes and decodes the signals at 433 Mhz. In d-diot it runs on the integrated ATMega 2560 microcontroller and communicate with the Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant through a serial connection.
The 3d-printable case for the Raspberry Pi 3 and the d-diot board v.2.0 is available in thingiverse, so now the d-diot hub v.2.0 is completed.
This 3d-printable battery powered node allows you to check if your plants need water!
