One difficulty facing hobbyists who undertake home automation projects, is finding a common platform to centrally control all aspects of their smart home. Justin Unterreiner has attempted to solve this problem with his smart home dashboard. The project uses a Raspberry Pi and a touch screen to run a customisable interface to control different smart devices. To find out more about this project check out the following link.
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