Homebridge - Raspberry Pi Zero W Enclosure by austin_trujillo

Last crawled date: 3 years, 3 months ago

About This Project
I modeled this to be roughly the size of the Philips Hue Bridge 2 with only one port (power) visible from the outside as this is meant to be a headless bridge.
This was designed in AutoDesk Fusion 360 and utilizes the official Raspberry Pi Zero W dimensional diagrams for accuracy.
Hardware
4x M3x8 Hex Bolts (and allen key)
Raspberry Pi Zero W
Micro USB Cable
USB Charging Adapter
8GB - 32GB Micro SD Card
Micro SD Card Reader
Raspberry Pi Zero W Setup and Homebridge Installation Instructions
(Commands are for macOS and Linux)
On your computer, download and install the latest version of Raspberry Pi Imager
Install the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) onto your Micro SD Card.
Generate 2 files to enable ssh and connectivity to your home Wi-Fi
This will generate and empty file titled 'ssh' which will enable ssh access.
touch ~/Desktop/ssh
Run this entire command below. In nano, replace YOUR_NETWORK_NAME and YOUR_NETWORK_PASSWORD with your wireless network name and password. Press Control + O to save and Control + X to exit.
echo 'country=US\nctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev\nupdate_config=1\nnetwork={\n ssid="YOUR_NETWORK_NAME"\n scan_ssid=1\n psk="YOUR_NETWORK_PASSWORD"\n key_mgmt=WPA-PSK\n} ' > ~/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf && nano ~/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf
Move both the ssh and wpa_supplicant.conf (saved to Desktop) to the Boot partition on your Micro SD card. Note: You may need to remount the Micro SD card after flashing.
Insert the Micro SD Card into your Raspberry Pi Zero W and connect it to power and wait for it to connect to WiFi.
Once you have the IP address of the Pi (get this from your router), ssh into your raspberry Pi Zero W and set the hostname.
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "homebridge"
sudo reboot now
ssh back into your Raspberry Pi Zero W and run the following commands to install Homebridge, nodejs, and any required packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y nodejs
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge homebridge-config-ui-x
Enable Homebridge to start on system boot
sudo hb-service install --user homebridge
Generate config.json file and enable web UI.
echo '{\n "bridge": {\n "name": "Homebridge",\n "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30",\n "manufacturer": "homebridge.io",\n "model": "homebridge",\n "port": 51826,\n "pin": "031-45-154"\n },\n "platforms": [\n {\n "platform": "config",\n "name": "Config",\n "port": 8080,\n "sudo": false\n }\n ]\n}' > ~/.homebridge/config.json
sudo reboot now
On another device, navigate to http://:8080
Congrats! You have successfully setup Homebridge. For additional support, visit the Official Homebridge wiki.