Chytrá domácnost s využitím Apple HomeKit a Home Assistant

This bachelor thesis is devoted to the constantly evolving topic of smart home. Despite the ever-increasing popularity of smart home control systems, it is still difficult to achieve the interconnection of all systems in one autonomous environment. Thesis focuses on popular and user-friendly frameworks such as Apple’s HomeKit and Home Assistant, its features, supported types of devices and integrations. It also includes a description of the main methods of control, which are mobile and web applications. Emphasis is placed on the first setup of the Home Assistant platform on a Raspberry Pi device and then on the functionality of system automation, which simplifies control and monitoring of the home environment. The result is a functional, interconnected and automated system accessible from both Apple’s HomeKit platform and the open-source Home Assistant platform. Such an implementation is interesting both for beginners who are just starting in this IT field and want a reliable solution, as well as for advanced programmers with high requirements for adjustability and robustness. The main aim of this bachelor's thesis is to create a user manual in which the procedure of smart home implementation based on the Home Assistant platform is clearly documented, from the selection of the host device to the connection of this system to the HomeKit framework.