Articles Tagged “Smart Home”
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Home Assistant Hardware Guide: Green vs Pi 5 vs Mini PC
Choosing Home Assistant hardware in 2026? Compare the $199 Home Assistant Green, Raspberry Pi 5 and N150 mini PCs, plus Zigbee, Thread and Z-Wave radios.
Silicon Labs BG2B Sleeps at 1.1uA on Bluetooth 6
Silicon Labs' BG2B is its lowest-power Bluetooth LE part yet, holding 1.1uA deep sleep with RAM retention and cutting active MCU current by around 15%.
Espressif's ESP-Aliro SDK Brings Smart Locks to ESP32
Espressif released esp-aliro, an open SDK implementing the CSA's Aliro credential standard on ESP32-C and ESP32-H chips — phone-as-key, no lock-in.
ESP32 wM-Bus Gateway Links Meters to Home Assistant
IoTLabs' open-source ESP32 wM-Bus Gateway reads 868 MHz utility meters and feeds the data to Home Assistant via ESPHome — no cloud, about $50.
Makerfabs MaUWB Brings PoE Indoor Location Tracking to Home Assistant
Makerfabs' new MaUWB board pairs an ESP32-S3 with a Qorvo UWB radio and PoE Ethernet to bring accurate, ESPHome-ready indoor location tracking to Home Assistant.
Matter 1.6 Adds NFC Setup and Smarter Multi-Platform Smart Homes
Matter 1.6, released June 19, brings NFC-based commissioning, easier multi-ecosystem device sharing, and context-aware thermostats to make smart homes simpler to set up.