Arduino is a do-it-yourselfers dream that allows you to create a true smart home experience tailored to your needs. Check out how to use Arduino to build the smart home you want.

He takes a garden-variety Arduino and a cheap Bluetooth interface board and then controls it from Chrome. You can see the video below. The HM-10 board is cheap and could connect to nearly anything.

Use Arduino to handle sensor input and relay control. Pi runs a Python Flask server with a simple UI to toggle GPIO pins via serial commands sent to the Arduino. Use cron jobs on Linux to schedule ...