--- title: The dashboard for our smart home | daily.dev description: A hobbyist walks through the home automation dashboard he built using SharpTools running in Fully Kiosk Browser on a wall-mounted Amazon Fire tablet. The setup... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-dashboard-for-our-smart-home-masxobepb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The dashboard for our smart home | daily.dev og:description: A hobbyist walks through the home automation dashboard he built using SharpTools running in Fully Kiosk Browser on a wall-mounted Amazon Fire tablet. The setup... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-dashboard-for-our-smart-home-masxobepb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MasXobEPB.png og:image:alt: The dashboard for our smart home og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The dashboard for our smart home **[Mads Kristensen](https://daily.dev/sources/madskristensen)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hobbyist walks through the home automation dashboard he built using SharpTools running in Fully Kiosk Browser on a wall-mounted Amazon Fire tablet. The setup uses color coding (gray/red for alerts, orange for lights) and sub-dashboards for lighting, security, battery status, and temperature/weather. Comments reveal the backend runs on SmartThings v3 with Z-Wave and ZigBee devices, with batteries replaced roughly every 10 days. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What software can I use to build a wall-mounted smart home dashboard on an Android tablet? SharpTools, a web-based dashboard tool, can run inside Fully Kiosk Browser on an Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet to display home automation status. The setup supports multiple sub-dashboards, color-coded tiles for alerts, and a battery status tile that changes color below 30% and 10% charge thresholds. _Developers tinkering with home automation UIs can find more setup write-ups and tool comparisons on daily.dev._ ### How often do Z-Wave and ZigBee sensor batteries need replacing in a home automation system? Roughly one battery needs replacing every 10 days across a full home automation setup, though this varies by device type since simple contact and motion sensors tend to last much longer than other components. All devices in this setup use Z-Wave or ZigBee rather than wifi, aside from connected speakers. _Anyone planning a multi-sensor smart home setup can track real-world maintenance tips like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [E-paper Dashboard Reimagines Smart Home’s Connection With Technology](https://daily.dev/posts/e-paper-dashboard-reimagines-smart-home-s-connection-with-technology-okcvffvxy) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This free dashboard software made my old tablet worth keeping around](https://daily.dev/posts/this-free-dashboard-software-made-my-old-tablet-worth-keeping-around-rbdmwn7xh) · XDA Developers · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [My dusty Android tablet became the smart home control panel I didn't know I needed](https://daily.dev/posts/my-dusty-android-tablet-became-the-smart-home-control-panel-i-didn-t-know-i-needed-qfvqcvrix) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-built-timeframe-our-family-e-paper-dashboard-hkjfguq4z) · Hacker News · 109 upvotes · 5 comments --- Tags: [#iot](https://daily.dev/tags/iot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-dashboard-for-our-smart-home-masxobepb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The dashboard for our smart home","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-dashboard-for-our-smart-home-masxobepb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-dashboard-for-our-smart-home-masxobepb"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T13:07:08.880Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T13:14:29.388Z","description":"A hobbyist walks through the home automation dashboard he built using SharpTools running in Fully Kiosk Browser on a wall-mounted Amazon Fire tablet. 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