Inspiration
My father came to me asking if it was possible to automate our random devices scattered around our house.
What it does
It allows Alexa to control any device connected to the internet
How I built it
I made a development version of the program I made for our own house available to everyone.
Challenges I ran into
I ran into a large problem with mqtt sending and responding.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I presented this project to over 150 people at Alexa Dev Day DC, after many developers and apartment owners approached me and told me that they were going to use this technology to automate everything they could.
What I learned
That if I work hard enough I will be able to make anything work. I also got a lot of experience working with AWS, python, and MQTT
What's next for Alexa Smart Home SDK
I am currently building a website to generate device discovery payloads and self hosted mqtt through Amazon IOT and EC2. Dino Dashboard
