The document outlines various aspects of home automation using Alexa as a personal assistant, discussing IoT, device comparisons, and functionalities like controlling devices and ordering services. It details the pros and cons of Alexa, including ease of integration and programming, while highlighting demos and resources like Raspberry Pi for implementation. Ultimately, it emphasizes the fun and practicality of utilizing Alexa for home automation.

1. WELCOME ALEXA, YOUR
PERSONAL ASSISTANT
[CON1700]
J O H A N J A N S S E N , I N F O S U P P O R T
@ J O H A N J A N S S E N 4 2

2. CONTENT
• Internet of Things
• Home automation
• Alexa
• openHAB
• Alexa skills
• Conclusion
• Questions

4. What’s The Internet of Things (IoT)

8. “The Infrastructure of the Information Society”
Global Standards Initiative on Internet of Things (IoT-GSI)

9. What’s home automation?

11. What other things do we want to control?

12. DEMO TIME!

13. “A subset of IoT”
Joint Organisation for Herculean Alternative Networking (Johan)

14. Home automation challenges

22. DEMO TIME!

25. RASPBERRY PI
Official guide from Amazon
https://github.com/amzn/alexa-avs-raspberry-pi

26. DEMO TIME!

27. COMPARISON
ECHO
• $180
• Adapter
• Dual band wifi
• Mono speaker
• Wake on
speaking
TAP
• $115
• Rechargable
battery
• Single band wifi
• Stereo
• Wake on button
ECHO DOT
• $90
• Adapter
• Dual band wifi
• Stereo (weak)
• Wake on
speaking

28. COMPARISON
RASPBERRY PI
• Around $80-$90
• Raspberry Pi 3
• Speaker
• Microphone
• Power adapter
• Cables
ECHO DOT
• $90
• Adapter
• Dual band wifi
• Stereo (weak)
• Wake on
speaking
ECHO DOT 2
• $50
• Adapter
• Dual band wifi
• Stereo (weak)
• Wake on
speaking

35. Alexa for home automation

36. DEMO TIME!

37. OPENHAB

38. OPENHAB DASHBOARD

39. OPENHAB FUNCTIONALITY

46. DEMO TIME!

48. •Retrieve information
•Control devices
•Call webservice
•Order pizza!

49. TWO TYPE OF SKILLS
•Custom skill
•Smart home skill

50. DEPLOYING/RUNNING SKILLS
•AWS Lambda
–Java
–Node.js
–Python
•(Local) webservice

52. DEMO TIME!

53. ALEXA-HA SKILL

54. Disadvantages Alexa

62. Advantages Alexa

67. CONCLUSION
• Requires some work
• Easy to integrate with other devices / software
• Easy to program new features in Java
• You quickly get used to it
• Fun!

68. Johan Janssen, Info Support
@johanjanssen42