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Published inSep 2023
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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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In this chapter, it is helpful if you know the concept of a visual programming logic sequence (Node-RED) and how to deal with database applications (InfluxDB). If you have the skills to handle charts and know how to configure them, you will be better prepared to handle the chart application (Grafana). In some sections, links to videos are provided to exemplify some steps to be followed. Information used in the chapter, including these videos, is available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Building-Smart-Home-Automation-Solutions-with-Home-Assistant/tree/main/Chapter%2007. Check out the following video to view the Code in Action: https://bit.ly/3OVMsFy

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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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