Home Assistance with LattePanda 3 Delta

Are you tired of juggling multiple apps and devices to control your smart home? Look no further than Home Assistant, the open-source home automation platform that puts privacy and local control at the forefront.

With Home Assistant, you can centralize all your sensors and gadgets in one place. This allows you to set conditions and automations that would not otherwise be possible. For example, you can have your lights turned on when you arrive home, and your thermostat adjusted to your preferred temperature.

One of the best things about a Home Assistant is its focus on privacy. Unlike many other home automation platforms, Home Assistant keeps your data local and does not share it with third parties. This means you can rest easy knowing that your personal information is safe and secure.

Getting started with Home Assistant is easy. Simply follow this tutorial to install Home Assistance on Latte Panda 3 Delta start taking control of your smart home today.

Home Assistant Installation:

Home Assistance provides a bootable OS container. So, we can install the OS directly into our system to use Home Assistance. First install the Etcher software to boot the OS to our external disk. But the thing is we can't make a boot able drive-in windows in the pc. It will give you this kind of error.

So, we have to use any Linux machine to do this process.

Flashing Ubuntu OS:

Go to this URL and download the Ubuntu desktop operating system.

Note: We are not going to install the Ubuntu OS on the system.

Once you download the OS, use Balena etcher to burn the OS into the disk.

Then click on the Use Image URL and paste this URL.

https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04.2/ubuntu-22.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso?_ga=2.212938580.178333186.1682186007-2112240189.1682186007

Next select the external disk and then click on flash.

Wait for flash finish.

Boot Ubuntu into LattePanda 3 Delta:

First, connect the OS disk to the LattePanda 3 Delta.

Then we have to disable the onboard eMMC in the LattePanda 3 Delta. Turn on the LattePanda 3 Delta and wait until the cute panda logo appears.

Once you see the logo click the Delete key to enter the Boot option.

Then navigate to the chip test, select the chipset option, and disable the eMMC Controller then click the escape key.

And go to the boot preference and select the USB disk as the preferred boot system.

That's all then press F4 to save and reboot. Now you will see the LattePanda with Ubuntu OS.

Then you will see the ubuntu desktop screen.

Next, we are going to make a bootable Home Assistance OS drive on the Ubuntu platform. For that we have to install the Balena etcher in the ubuntu again. Use this following script on the terminal this will auto install the Balena etcher tool.

sudo add-apt-repository universe -y
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libfuse2
sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl -y
curl -1sLf \
'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.deb.sh' \
| sudo -E bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install balena-etcher -y

Then open the Etcher application, click on the flash from URL, and enter the following URL into the path.

https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/download/9.5/haos_generic-x86-64-9.5.img.xz

then wait until the flash finishes once the flashing is finished. Boot the LattePanda 3 via the drive which we used to flash Home Assistance.

Boot Home Assistance into LattePanda 3 Delta:

Next, you will see Home Assistance is booting on the LP3, wait untill it's shows this meassage.

Then open this IP Address in your browser and you will see the Home Assistance bootup page.

Next, login using your details.

And enter the device details.

Finally, here is our homepage, that's all about the installation and setup. Now we can integrate our smart sensors with the LP3 via Home Assistance.

Wrap - Up:

In conclusion, if you’re looking for a powerful and privacy-focused home automation solution, give a Home Assistant a try. With its wide range of compatible devices and easy-to-use interface, it’s the perfect choice for any smart home enthusiast.