
Discover openHAB's functional view by exploring Things, Channels, and Bindings, and learn how Items, Rules, and Sitemaps represent device data and automation in a smart home.
Explore the functional view of openHAB 3.0, covering items, rules, and sitemaps, and learn how bindings, things, channels, and persistence drive home automation.
Explore what scripts are, how they differ from rules, and how to implement script blocks using Xtend in openHAB 3.0, with languages like Blockly, ECMAScript, Rule DSL, and Groovy.
Explore advanced openHAB 3.0 concepts, including main UI, file-based and textual configuration, and bindings like astro and mqttitude, plus project ideas, triggers, and security sensors.
JUNE 2022 Update
Updated method for Connecting ESP32 to OpenHAB
Hello learners!
Welcome to MAKERDEMY's “Introduction to openHAB 3.0” course.
This is an introductory course on the popular home automation platform, openHAB. Do you wish to build your own customized home automation system that is cloudless, technology and manufacturer-independent? Want to explore more and learn what makes openHAB so cool?
This course is a one stop destination for an easy introduction to openHAB. By the end of the course, you would have internalized all the concepts behind openHAB 3.0 and its features. You would have implemented a capstone project in openHAB using the Raspberry Pi 4 and ESP32 boards, as well as implement mini-projects and assignments that help you understand concepts with ease. At the end of the course, you will be in a position to come up with your own Home Automation solutions using openHAB 3.0.
Throughout the course, we have provided a curated collection of original resources. These resources include links to documents for in-depth learning, links, videos, and more. At MAKERDEMY, we have a dedicated instructor team who will promptly answer any of your course-related queries.
So, what are you waiting for?! Come, join me in this course. I look forward to being your instructor for this course and turn you into a home automation expert!