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Here’s the perfect situation for a smart button in your home

August 30, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Brent called in with a question to make life a little easier in his smart home. He has a reading lamp in his bedroom that he can control with either a switch or a digital assistant. But he’s looking for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, Button, digital assistant, Flic, hub, Lutron, Philips Hue, smart home, smart lights, voice control, zigbee

How to remotely monitor freezer and fridge temps with a wireless sensor

September 8, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 7 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, we shared a question from our voicemail hotline about temperature sensors. Johnathan called in and asked about wireless sensor tags that can monitor temps in a freezer or outside. This is a fairly common … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, CAO Gadgets, freezers, gateway, hub, sensors, temperature sensors, tempi.fi, unlicensed spectrum, Wi-Fi

Switching from Wink but need Lutron support? Here are some good smart home hub options.

June 3, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, we heard from Kevin in California, who left a message for us on the IoT Podcast Hotline. Like me, Kevin has been a big fan of the Wink hub, which he currently uses. However, he is planning to migrate away from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, google, hub, Hubitat, Lutron, samsung, smart home, Wink, zigbee, ZWave

Who can you turn to when creating a cohesive smart home from scratch?

January 6, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Curtis called into our voicemail hotline with two interesting questions. He recently built a new house with all of the smart home bells and whistles from Amazon, Ring, and Lutron but wondered why there isn't a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, best buy, CEDIA, google, Google Home, hub, Hubitat, Lutron, Ring, smart home, WiFi

How to move from one smart home hub platform to another

December 8, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Brian called into the podcast hotline with a rather timely question. Like me, Brian is switching from a Wink hub to the Samsung SmartThings hub. I'm doing the same thing and I've previously outlined steps you should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: How to, hub, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, Wink

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