Do you want to learn how you can build home automation projects that can be controlled using your voice and a Raspberry Pi?
Look at the video below to checkout what this course has to offer! Learn to build Alexa Skills from scratch to control devices in your home with any Amazon Echo device and a Raspberry Pi
Learn the basics of how easy it is to build an Alexa Skill
- Learn how to setup an Alexa skill in minutes
- Learn about the different parts that make up a Custom Alexa Skill
- Use your voice to control projects
- No Alexa device needed for building projects
Learn how to use your Raspberry Pi and control it using Alexa
- Step by step instructions to setup your Raspberry Pi and integrate it with an Alexa Skill
- Learn how to build projects that your Raspberry Pi can control
- Learn how to interface with electronics like relays
Start Simple : Build an Alexa Skill to Control an LED from your Raspberry Pi
- Setup the circuit
- Create and configure the Alexa Skill
- Write code on your Raspberry Pi to handle and provide voice commands
- Test your skill with and without an Alexa-enabled device
Learn the basics of controlling power to any device using your voice
Learn the building blocks of how to easily use your voice to build custom projects
Use a Raspberry Pi and the Alexa Ecosystem
Safely work with power and learn basic electronics principles
Step by step instructions with high quality videos and resources
Get an overview of how relays work
Get a foundational understanding of how relays work.
Build a Circuit to control a Lamp
Step by step wiring instructions on how to setup the circuit
Configure the Alexa Skill
Create the Alexa Skill that will work with your project
Control any device using a relay
- Learn how to control power to any device using a relay
- We will build a project to control a lamp using your voice

- Step by step instructions provided for every aspect of the project
- Test the project without or with an actual Alexa device
Build a project to voice control any tv in your house
- Review and build the circuit step by step
- Write a program and configure your IR signals
- Build the Alexa skill to respond to your voice commands
- Test the project with an Alexa to voice control any tv in your house
Course Curriculum
- Overview of the Project (2:44)
- Setting up the Circuit (3:17)
- Creating the Skill Interaction Model (5:58)
- Creating the flask-ask Skill Handler Python Program (9:43)
- Exposing and configuring a URL for the Skill Endpoint (3:25)
- Changing your default language before Testing
- Testing our Skill (4:36)
- Test from an Alexa-enabled Device (3:27)
- Overview of the Project (3:13)
- Overview of how relays work (8:14)
- Overview of the Circuit (6:40)
- Wiring the Circuit (11:23)
- Creating the Skill Interaction Model (6:43)
- Testing our Relay (4:00)
- Exposing and configuring a URL for the Skill Endpoint (2:37)
- Testing our Skill from the Alexa Console (2:20)
- Enable Skill on the Alexa App (1:28)
- Changing your default language before Testing
- Testing our Skill on an actual Alexa Device (1:47)
- Code Review of the MyDevice Skill Handler Python program (8:15)
Hi, I'm Lee Assam.
I bring to the table over 20 years of professional electrical engineering and software development experience.
My passion for innovation has resulted in several wins in Hack Day competitions. I hold several US Patents and have numerous Patent Applications currently being reviewed. I try to understand how the latest technology can be used to solve business problems and challenges in creative ways.
My hobby is Arduino, Raspberry Pi and the Internet of Things (IoT). I have been playing around with the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi platforms since their inception, and I use my Electrical Engineering background coupled with software development skills to create and develop exciting projects.
I prefer a hands-on, project-based learning approach and use my teaching background to make concepts fun and entertaining, while at the same time educational and informative.
Learn how easy it is to achieve home automation!
Use a Raspberry Pi
Build Alexa Skills
Learn coding in Python
Learn to build circuits
Learn about relays and IR sensors
Unleash the power of home automation to control anything with your voice!