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Marco Carvalho
Marco Carvalho
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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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Installing actuator devices in your home

After we hacked and configured our actuator, we had to physically install it in our home. The other devices we have in our home, presented in Table 4.2, were installed in Chapter 3, in the case of the double-measurement sensor, or have a simplified installation, as in the case of the TP-Link Kasa plug. Therefore, we will not need to be concerned about them.

Let us get started with the installation, providing some valuable information prior to the work being done. Later, we will be installing and testing the devices. At the end of the chapter, we will give information about the installation of other types of devices.

Getting started with the actuator installation

Some of the most used devices in your home will be Sonoff actuators. The availability of these devices is high, from assorted brands. They can be used to control lights and appliances in your home, which is involved as part of all automation routines in a home automation system...

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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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