Following the post @ https://hackernoon.com/diy-home-automation-fan-control-with-raspberry-pi-3-rf-transmitter-and-homebridge-59ad24845770
This is to control some things in the house that use the 433Mhz control frequency.
Pi 433Mhz
Pi Cellular
This project does a few things for me.First, I use the Pi to control the GPIO pins so I can test various things in the house and send a message via the cellular modem on the Particle Electron.
One example is if the house loses Internet (the Pi can’t ping a webpage), I get a notification on my cell phone. Another reason is if the house loses power, (the Pi turns off), the Electron sends another notification since it’s on a battery backup.
This Pi also has a USB modem attached to it, and using NCID, I’m able to receive a notification of who is calling my house phone on my cell phone.
Pocket Oscilloscope
Pi Zabbix
Zabbix is my main monitoring tool in the house. I use it to graph everything from my internet speed tests, to even my houses temperature via my smart thermostats. I use Ansible to maintain the Zabbix agents on all my Linux based devices, and I use SNMP test to the embedded devices I can’t install the agent on. This was a fun project but I look forward to upgrading it now that the Raspberry Pi 4 is out.
FreeNAS Server
Building in-home storage now-a-days is a must. The digital age comes with a ton of data. Backing up documents and computers on the network is a necessity. I decided to go with FreeNAS because it is based on FreeBSD and uses ZFS for it’s filesystems. I built out a very large storage array to future proof myself a bit, and at this time, I still have yet to use 50% of my storage yet. I also left myself the option of upgrading the hardware, adding more RAM or a faster CPU so I could grow as it needs.
