How I ended up automating my curtains and shouting at my lapto
summary
Builds a Raspberry Pi/Node bot called Woodhouse that actually runs lights, curtains and heating using cheap hardware and simple code; curtains use a servo+string curtain actuator driven by an esp8266 with Mongoose OS, thermostat uses a servo to turn a potentiometer on an existing unit, all controlled by 75 lines of JavaScript per device. Voice hotword uses Snowboy and Google Speech API. Full projects run and survive week‑long absences; peripherals broadcast state and the automations reliably work.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 0:21Content Warnings
- 2:44Bot Uprising
- 3:28Virtual Assistants
- 16:30Google Speech Api
- 24:58Repo for Wood House
