I had a Raspberry Pi 5 sitting around, and after some research, I decided to install Home Assistant on it.

Home Assistant allows you to integrate and automate your smart home gadgets. Here's how to set it up on a Raspberry Pi.

In order to install Home Assistant, you'll need a microSD card that can fit into your Raspberry Pi. When you're getting started, running Home Assistant from the SD card shouldn't be an issue.

Considering that even the top-of-the-line Raspberry Pi can’t outperform an N100 system, I was a bit apprehensive about using a board from the uber-popular SBC family for the Home Assistant hub.