Smart Home - Beyond The Buzz
A DIY home improvement course to set up a Smart Home, commonly used Smart Devices and Smart Hubs along with useful tips.
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Introduction
Would you like to learn DIY home improvements to turn your home into a Smart Home? How about turning your driveway and living room lights on in the evening automatically to welcome you home? Have you run into the situation when you don't remember whether the garage door was closed? Did your friends and families have to wait outside just because no one was at home to open the door for them. The list goes on and on. A Smart Home can help you solve all these problems and many more. Are you wondering how to get started?
This course is precisely meant to give you step-by-step guide on how to set up a Smart Home, commonly used Smart Devices and Smart Hubs. We will cover Smart Home setup from scratch - right from planning and budgeting to key concepts. This will be followed by an overview of Smart Hub - the brain of Smart Home. Next, we will dive into commonly used Smart Devices, SmartThings Hub and useful Smart Home scenarios. This will also give a general idea on how to use other Smart Hubs. Continuing our journey to a smarter home, we will go over Amazon Echo's (Alexa) integration with your Smart Home. The course will wrap up with tips on how to manage Smart Home more efficiently. Additionally, the course resources will provide common Smart Home product recommendations that I have found to be useful.
Primary Audience
- Smart Home beginners
- DIY Home Automation enthusiasts
- Smart Home Professionals looking for consumer-oriented guidance
Your Instructor
A technology enthusiast and an entrepreneur with several years of experience in designing and implementing solutions in the areas of Cloud Computing, DevOps, Smart Home, web and mobile applications.
Course Curriculum
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Preview2.1 Introduction (0:28)
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Preview2.2 What is a Smart Home? (1:53)
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Preview2.3 Smart Home Planning Tips (1:42)
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Start2.4 Smart Home Budgeting (1:51)
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Start2.5 Smart Home Technology Overview (0:01)
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Start2.6 Smart Home Approaches (2:14)
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Start2.7 Directly Manage Smart Devices (1:35)
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Start2.8 Use Smart Hub (3:46)
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Start2.9 Indoor Smart Devices (3:09)
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Start2.10 Outdoor Smart Devices (7:33)
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StartQuiz
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Preview3.1 Smart Home Setup Introduction (0:16)
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Preview3.2 Smart Home Setup Overview (1:59)
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Start3.3 Smart Home Wired vs Wireless Setup (1:27)
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Start3.4 Smart Home Setup Safety Guidelines (0:16)
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Start3.5 Smart Home Setup Tools (0:48)
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Start3.6 Smart Home Setup Naming Conventions and Common Steps (1:31)
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Start3.7 Smart Hub Installation (1:43)
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Start3.8 Smart Bulb Setup (1:35)
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Start3.9 Smart Switch Setup (2:03)
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Start3.10 Smart Outlet Setup (1:16)
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Start3.11 Smart Thermostat Setup (2:20)
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Start3.12 Smart Smoke Detector Setup (1:07)
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Start3.13 Smart Motion Sensor Setup (1:03)
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Start3.14 Smart Water Leak Sensor Setup (0:55)
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Start3.15 MyQ Internet Gateway Setup (2:12)
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Start3.16 Smart Lock Setup (1:19)
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Preview3.17 Smart Door Bell Setup (1:40)
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Start3.18 Multipurpose Sensor Setup (1:28)
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Start3.19 Arrival Sensor Setup (1:06)
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Start3.20 Security Camera Setup (1:34)
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StartQuiz