[Dopewaffle]

All you need are some Raspberry Pi, Audrino and a bunch of relays to do alot of home automation.

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You have 2 ways to start.  The soft route, and the touch route... Neither sound too bad, right? (btw, I came up with the names)

• The soft route is called the soft route because it involves more software.  It is usually started with a Raspberry Pi, Linux, and maybe Python
  
• The touch route is called so because it involves things you can actually touch... You can't touch software.  It is usually started with an Arduino and some electronics parts.
  

Spoiler: THE TOUCH ROUTE

Learn to code in an embedded language.  Arduino (everyone uses this), Espurino (Pls no JS), eLua (Lua is good for beginners), Scratch for Android (don't do this unless you are 5)

Make sure your microcontroller is compatible with the language you chose.

In this tutorial, we will be learning Arduino.

Now, play around with some hardware.  Get a breadboard, jumper wires, resistors, LEDs, etc.  Or just get an electronics kit.

• Here's a list of what you need if you want to make your own electronics kit
  
• Adafruit is a good company, I'd hate you for SEing them: https://www.adafruit.com/product/193
  
• The full Adafruit kit: https://www.adafruit.com/product/68
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Elegoo-EL-CK-002-...B01ERP6WL4
  
• Here's one with a book that teaches you a lot (pricey): https://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Starter-K...B009UKZV0A
  
• Here's one made by Arduino, they are nice, don't SE them: https://store.arduino.cc/usa/arduino-starter-kit
  

Next, follow some tutorials or read books for projects:

• https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-A...1449363334
  
• https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/whe...-tutorials (Sparkfun is good)
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Arduino...1118549368
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Official-BBC-Micr...111938673X
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Electronics-All-O...1119320798
  

Congrats, you made it!  Now you should make a few projects by yourself.  REMEMBER: SEARCH ENGINES ARE YOUR FRIENDS

Spoiler: THE SOFT ROUTE

Learn to use Linux, and learn to code in a scripting language like Lua (good for beginners), Python (Also good for beginners), or Node.JS (pls no js)

Get a SBC (single board computer), I recommend a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone Black:

• Base kit for RPi Zero W: https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry...B01C6FFNY4
  
• Base kit for Rpi 3: https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Starter...B072M86D1P
  
• Full kit for Rpi 3: https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry...B01C6Q4GLE
  
• Small kit for Rpi Zero W: https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry...B072N3X39J
  
• Ultimate Beaglebone Black kit: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Beagle-Bone-...B00O99PJ9K
  
• Beaglebone Black Clone by Seed: https://www.amazon.com/Seeedstudio-Embes...B012TW5C7M
  

Read some tutorials and books:

• Beaglebone Black: https://www.amazon.com/BeagleBone-Black-...1539528405
  
• Beaglebone Black: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-BeagleB...1118935128
  
• If you like O'Reilly, then you have this for the Beaglebone Black: https://www.amazon.com/BeagleBone-Cookbo...1491905395
  
• Raspberry Pi: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Raspber...1119188687
  
• Raspberry Pi: https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Esse...1974545504
  
• @Dopewaffle this is exactly what you want: https://www.amazon.com/Building-Smart-Ho...1786466953
  

Congrats, you made it!  Now you should make a few projects by yourself.  REMEMBER: SEARCH ENGINES ARE YOUR FRIENDS

But, after starting one, you will eventually need to gain knowledge that is only in the other route...
(@Dopewaffle This is good for you
Here is an IoT book that combines both: https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Things-D...0071835202

One last thing: Trust me, it's not as hard as you think it is.  This applies to both routes.
And... The final thing: Avoid CodeAcademy... It is slow and it sucks.

Good luck with your future electronics projects!

That's some pretty good info man. Although I've never used a lot of that stuff to complete an SE I can only imagine how much thought went into all that and what it really takes to gain the skill set to use all of those things. I appreciate that reply on my thread though!

Just hit up the market and make sure to refresh yourself on the rules pertaining sales.

Just read the rules and it seems pretty straight forward. I'm not really sure what my methods would sell for exactly but I know I've gotten some very expensive and re-sellable products from it so I may give it a shot once I get to be more reputable on the forum.  

you SE´d a lot of cool things
good luck

Thanks! It's pretty cool to see it all come alive and be able to use it without paying the $2,000 price tag a lot of others pay for the same thing.