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IntermediateCertificate9 lessons
Home Assistant, MQTT, and Node-RED Automation
Connect ESP32, Arduino gateways, and Raspberry Pi services into a real smart-home system with dashboards, automations, and reliable messaging.
Instructor: Makecademy Team|3 sections|$39
About this course
A system integration course for makers ready to connect devices into a smart home. Students configure MQTT entities, Home Assistant dashboards, Node-RED flows, automations, notifications, backups, and sane naming conventions.
What you will be able to build
- 01Connect custom devices to Home Assistant
- 02Design clean MQTT topic and entity naming
- 03Build dashboards for monitoring and control
- 04Create Node-RED automation flows
- 05Add notifications and fallback behavior
- 06Back up and maintain smart-home configuration
Course curriculum
Browse the public lesson outline before joining the course.
3 sections / 9 lessons
Section 1
Integration Architecture
- 01Choose MQTT, ESPHome-style, or direct API patterns
- 02Design naming, rooms, entities, and topics
- 03Connect first device state into Home Assistant
Section 2
Dashboards and Automations
- 01Build useful dashboards
- 02Create automations from sensor state
- 03Use Node-RED for visual flows
Section 3
Reliability and Maintenance
- 01Add alerts, fallbacks, and manual overrides
- 02Back up Home Assistant and flows
- 03Troubleshoot entity, MQTT, and network issues