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BTW, I'm definitely not saying this to knock Zuck since this was clearly more of a fun challenge / learning exercise for him (it's awesome he did this), but for
by tlrobinson 10y ago
BTW, I'm definitely not saying this to knock Zuck since this was clearly more of a fun challenge / learning exercise for him (it's awesome he did this), but for anyone interested in setting up a similar thing, you can accomplish much of the voice/music/automation parts without writing much (if any) code using Alexa, SmartThings, IFTTT, etc.
Alexa can be a little frustrating sometimes but overall once you get her dialed in it feels like the future.
I even set up a pet feeder like Zuck mentioned (http://www.super-feeder.com/ http://www.super-feeder.com/ you can use a normal home automation 110V relay but I wired up a 12V relay to a C.H.I.P. for more fine-grained control)
- lyime 10y agoYeah I was thinking the same thing. I use Alexa for controlling my A/V, lights and music. It works relatively well without too much configuration. Although I think it could go a step further but building some macros and rules.