====== C.1) HA: setup Home Assistant Green ======

[[https://www.home-assistant.io/green|Home Assistant Green]] //"The affordable Home Assistant Green is the easiest way you can start using Home Assistant. It's plug-and-play and comes with Home Assistant already installed."//

The Home Assistant Green is a nice little device based on an ARM CPU specifically designed by the Home Assistant guys for Home Assistant itself. I only wish i had purchased it before i actually did.

Advantages i like about my Green:
  * Small footprint
  * Super easy setup
  * Perfect hardware integration
  * Top quality
  * Shipped with good power adapter
  * Price point is nice (a little bit more than an OrangePi 3B with same specs, plus enclosure, eMMC and power adapter)

Disadvnatages i don't like:
  * Kinda ugly, and too much square sized, a bit unpractical
  * Hard to find sometimes, first time i looked it was sold out
  * Some shops set it overprice, i suggest you shop around.
  * No WiFi and no Bluetooth, by choice to avoid EMC issues with ZigBee and similar protocols

//Note:// i have no affiliation whatsoever with Home Assistant, Nabu Casa or any other company related.

===== Setup =====

It's very simple: open the box, plug the ethernet cable, plug power adapter, power on, then point your browser to **http://homeassistant.local:8123**, or check your DHCP server and go to the IP associated on port 8123.

The rest is easy, just follow the on-screen instructions.


===== ZigBee adapter =====

I choosed to purchase also the Home Assistant sponsored **Connect ZBT-1** ([[https://www.home-assistant.io/connectzbt1/|here]]). It's a very small footprint ZigBee/thread USB dongle.

I have to say that its the best ZigBee coordinator dongle i had so far, very pleased by the stability and signal quality overall. At the same price point of other branded adapters, i think it's a good device.