https://worthen.media/tags/server/Recent content in Server on Worthen MediaHugoen-usFri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://worthen.media/posts/homebridge-server-on-raspberry-pi/Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://worthen.media/posts/homebridge-server-on-raspberry-pi/<h2 id="what-is-homebridge-and-why-should-you-use-it">What is HomeBridge and why should you use it?</h2> <p>HomeBridge is a utility that bridges all sorts of smart home devices into Apple&rsquo;s HomeKit, so you can control them with Siri even if the manufacturer never bothered to support HomeKit directly. It&rsquo;s worth running on something low-power that can stay on all the time — I used a Raspberry Pi 2, which runs about $37.70.</p> <p>You&rsquo;ll also want a 5V 2A micro USB power supply and a fast microSD card. I used a SanDisk Ultra 32GB microSD and had no performance complaints.</p>