Magic Spellbook” Raspberry Pi Kiosk for Total Home Control

What it does

I needed a way to for guests to control my home automation. There are many easy remote control products out there, like Harmony by Logitech. But home-assistant.io is so much more powerful than these off-the-shelf solutions. So I decided to build “magic spellbooks” from Raspberry Pis that act as controllers around the house. I was able to find jewelry boxes in the shape of books from local artisans near San Francisco for about $40 each. They happened to fit the 7″ touchscreen perfectly so that the book can still close easily yet the hardware is hidden. This comes out to $108 for hardware and $40 for the decorative case, totaling ~$148 per spellbook as of mid-2019. You could…from technicallywizardry.com

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