In this article, I outline my development of a smart thermostat using the Raspberry Pi single-board computer as the controller, along with a Pi Plate expansion board. The thermostat interface is web-based, allowing remote control from any device with a standard browser such as a computer, phone, or tablet. It can also be operated through […]
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Required hardware: Raspberry Pi model B Dallas DS18B20 temperature sensor Relay board Push button LCD display (Nokia 5110-3310) Edimax WiFi nano USB adapter Software installation Some packages are required from the standard Raspbian repository: apt-get install python-dev apt-get install python-imaging We need also PIP (a Python package installer which uses the Python Package Index repository)
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A common complaint about open hardware and software is that the aesthetic aspects of the projects often leave something to be desired. This isn’t wholly surprising, as the type of hackers who are building these things tend to be more concerned with how well they work than what they look like. But there’s certainly nothing
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Does the world need another connected thermostat? When my thermostat went on the blink last winter, I looked at Nest, and Ecobee, and the other me-too thermostats, and I decided I would rather build my own. If Nest goes out of business (or even more likely, Google decides to go a different direction), all that
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It’s been some time since I actually wrote a blog post. Mostly because I have had nothing original to write, and partially because school keeps me busy. Let’s change that! I figured I would do a proper writeup on one of my summer projects – the Rubustat. Disclaimer While I enjoy programming and enjoyed making
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* First instructable here, so be nice 🙂 */ Okay, there are too many open source home automations out there but whenever I tried to look into making any of these I ended up with a bitter taste because of one or a few of the following reasons: The software part was open but the
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