ameriDroid PoE Mini PC for Home Assistant

ameriDroid PoE Mini PC for Home Assistant – The Perfect Yellow Replacement

With the official Home Assistant Yellow now discontinued, we’ve built the ideal ready-to-run, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) alternative that’s even more flexible and powerful. This compact, fanless mini PC is specifically optimized for Home Assistant and gives you everything you need to run a fast, local, future-proof smart-home hub — including local speech processing with Whisper, Piper, Frigate, and more.

Key Features

• True PoE+ / PoE++ support (802.3at/bt) – power and network through a single cable (30 W+ required)
• Also includes a 12 V / 3 A power adapter for non-PoE installations
• Efficient Intel Alder Lake-N N150 quad-core processor (12th Gen) – low power draw (~6–15 W typical) but plenty of headroom for heavy add-ons
• Up to 32 GB single-channel DDR4 RAM (Silicon Power modules)
• Up to 1 TB M.2 SATA SSD (Silicon Power) – or ask us for a 2.5″ SATA SSD quote instead
• 4 × 2.5 GbE Intel I225/I226 LAN ports (one port accepts PoE IN) – perfect for VLANs, multiple networks, or pfSense/OPNsense if you have the knowledge to run HAOS on a VM while running other OS.
• Rich I/O: HDMI 2.0 + DP 1.4 (dual 4K@60 Hz), 1× USB 3.0 Type-C, 1× USB 3.0, 4× USB 2.0, perfect for multiple add-ons like Zigbee, Z-Wave or other dongles.

Why this is one of the best Home Assistant hardware right now

• Completely silent (fanless) and low power
• Enough CPU and RAM to run Whisper large models, Piper, Scribe, Frigate, Node-RED, MQTT, Zigbee2MQTT, Z-Wave, etc. locally
• Four real Intel 2.5 GbE ports
• Single-cable PoE installation – mount it anywhere (VESA mount included)
• Auto power-on after outage + Wake-on-LAN + PXE boot – rock-solid 24/7 operation

What’s in the box

• ameriDroid PoE Mini PC (Intel N150)
• 12 V / 3 A power adapter + cord
• HDMI cable in case you need to access the BIOS settings
• VESA mount (75×75 & 100×100 mm)
• Pre-installed BIOS settings optimized for Home Assistant

Custom build – you choose

• RAM: 8 GB / 16 GB / 32 GB (Silicon Power DDR4)
• Storage: 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB M.2 SATA SSD (Silicon Power)
• → Want a 2.5″ SATA SSD or HDD instead? Just let us know and we’ll quote it.

Specifications

Ready to move on from the Yellow? Grab the most capable, PoE-ready Home Assistant mini PC available today — fully assembled, tested, and shipped from ameriDroid with our famous support.

Order now and get your smart home running faster, quieter, and more reliably than ever!