Home Assistant Yellow: Unboxing and Setup!

Unboxing and setting up the Yellow was pretty easy! Looking forward to automating my smart home with this box.

What Home Assistant features are you interested in seeing? Let me know in the comments and I'll see how to incorporate them.

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Products and Gear
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What I used:

👉 Home Assistant Yellow with power supply (via Seeed Studio):
https://www.seeedstudio.com/Home-Assistant-Yellow-Kit-with-Power-Supply-p-5674.html?sensecap_affiliate=MrstXx3&referring_service=link

There's also a PoE version:
https://www.seeedstudio.com/Home-Assistant-Yellow-Kit-with-Power-over-Ethernet-p-5673.html

👉Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Lite (No storage or wifi/BT, 8GB RAM) (via Seeed Studio):
https://www.seeedstudio.com/Raspberry-Pi-Compute-Module-CM4008000-p-5221.html?sensecap_affiliate=MrstXx3&referring_service=link

👉Sabrent NVME Enclosure (via Amazon): https://geni.us/6ejwG

👉 Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD (via Amazon): https://geni.us/AVjs


***** Pre-assembled Home Assistant Yellow kits:

👉 Essentials Kit w/ CM4 (via ameriDroid):
https://ameridroid.com/products/home-assistant-yellow?ref=tomssmarthome&variant=50651836449047

👉 Essentials Kit w/ CM5 (via ameriDroid):
https://ameridroid.com/products/home-assistant-yellow?ref=tomssmarthome&variant=50651836514583



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Links and References
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👉 Yellow FAQ: https://yellow.home-assistant.io/faq/

👉 Home Assistant forums supported SSDs: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/homeassistant-yellow-nvme-compatibility/547618

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Timestamps
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0:00 Initial unboxing and specs
0:51 Removing backplate and lid
1:10 Yellow circuit board
1:36 Connect NVME SSD
1:52 Install Home Assistant OS to the SSD
3:14 Install NVME SSD
3:54 Install Compute Module 4 and heatsink
7:02 Powering up the Yellow!
8:43 Configure Home Assistant
9:10 Check your hardware