Home Assistant COMPLETE Beginners Guide

A complete idiot's guide to Home Assistant with zero nerd speak from setting up the Raspberry Pi to creating automations, connecting Alexa & Creating Dashboards. The first 1,000 people to use my link to sign up will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/paulhibbert06221

**GET MY HOME ASSISTANT SETUP BELOW**
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BUY THE CONBEE STICK:
UK: https://amzn.to/3JOseIr
US: https://amzn.to/3sn3KzX

BUY A RASPBERRY PI (Power supply case and SD card not included so make sure you order them too!):
UK: https://amzn.to/3z3kS1J
US: https://amzn.to/3hlmuJS

BUY THE NES CASE (*Be aware that this case has a shielding issue that affects Bluetooth and Zigbee, you can solve this by swapping the USB cables round in a weird way, more info here*:   / retroflag_nespi_4_case_issue_with_24ghz_wifi  
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BUY THE KINGSTON SSD DRIVE
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BUY THE SSD ADAPTER
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OTHER SMART HOME DEVICES I RECOMMEND
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CONBEE STICK (ENABLES ZIGBEE DEVICES TO CONNECT TO HOME ASSISTANT):
UK: https://amzn.to/3JOseIr
US: https://amzn.to/3sn3KzX

OUTDOORLED STRIP (REQUIRES TUYA ZIGBEE HUB OR CONBEE STICK AND PI)
GLOBAL LINK: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_A8iP4d

AQARA ZIGBEE MOTION SENSORS AND DOOR SENSORS (REQUIRES AQARA HUB OR CONBEE STICK & PI):
UK: https://amzn.to/2VlQ4Hj
US: https://amzn.to/2UUXkKM

AQARA LIGHT BULB E27 (REQUIRES AQARA HUB OR CONBEE STICK & PI):
UK: https://amzn.to/3j7xvzx
US: https://www.aqara.com/en/smart_light_...

AQARA LIGHT SWITCH (REQUIRES AQARA HUB OR CONBEE STICK & PI):
UK: https://amzn.to/36Mg70c
US: https://amzn.to/37WZBeh

AQARA BATTERY REMOTE LIGHT SWITCH (REQUIRES AQARA HUB OR CONBEE STICK & PI):
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US: https://amzn.to/3JKolEC

TUYA ZIGBEE MOTION SENSORS AND DOOR SENSORS:
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TUYA ZIGBEE CURTAIN TRACK MOTOR:
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TUYA BLIND MOTORS
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US: https://amzn.to/3NqHpu3

FLIC BUTTONS (SMART BLUETOOTH BUTTONS):
SINGLE FLIC: https://flic.io/shop/flic-2-single-pa...
3 FLICS AND A HUB (starter kit): https://flic.io/shop/flic2-starter-ki...
3 FLICS WITHOUT A HUB: https://flic.io/shop/flic-2-three-pac...

BUY A RASPBERRY PI HERE (TO HOST HOME ASSISTANT):
UK: https://amzn.to/3HmAYUA
US: https://amzn.to/3hlmuJS

BROADLINK RM4 PRO (TO CONTROL INFRARED DEVICES SUCH AS TV & RF DEVICES SUCH AS PROJECTOR SCREENS)
UK: https://amzn.to/3NnfRpe
US: https://amzn.to/3Nota96

ZIGBEE PLUG SOCKET (REQUIRES ZIGBEE HUB SUCH AS HUBITAT OR SMARTTHINGS):
UK: https://amzn.to/3NjSehv
US: https://amzn.to/3Ddm2aI

REMOTE CONTROL CANDLES
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US: https://amzn.to/3cj4DPF

DECORATIVE BULBS FROM SHELLY
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ZIGBEE SPOTLIGHTS & RGB REMOTE
UK: https://amzn.to/2GYvbLM
US: https://amzn.to/3kwsgru

ROBOROCAK ROBOVAC
UK: https://amzn.to/35HyK0N
US: https://amzn.to/35GU9Hk

MOON LAMP (TUYA SMART LIFE WIFI - NO HUB REQUIRED)
UK: https://amzn.to/2Lb0BwP
US: Unavailable :(

LIFX BEAM
UK: https://amzn.to/3bfknBS
US: https://amzn.to/2Wgv7fi

SOMA SMART BLIND MOTOR:
https://www.somasmarthome.com/

LIFX BULBS AND STRIPS IN THE GYM & DOOR FRAME LIGHT IN THE STUDIO
UK: https://amzn.to/3NoDOfL
US: https://amzn.to/3qDdS6v

4K HORIZON PRO PROJECTOR IN THE BEDROOM
UK: https://amzn.to/3yHXt2I
US: https://amzn.to/37zNEbh

AMAZON ECHO 4TH GENERATION:
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US: https://amzn.to/3spreBe

ECHO SHOW 10
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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Home Assistant Hardware
1:07 - You Will Need
1:45 - Home Assistant Raspberry Pi 4 Construction
3:11 - Installing Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi 4
5:24 - Raspberry Pi Boot from USB
6:13 - Home Assistant First Time Actions
7:50 - Home Assistant Zigbee setup
8:14 - Home Assistant Mobile App
9:15 - Home Assistant Dashboard Tutorial
13:01 - Nabu Casa Setup : Home Assistant Cloud
14:19 - Home Assistant Alexa Support
15:42 - Home Assistant Scenes
16:59 - Home Assistant Automation
18:59 - Home Assistant Backups