Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat".
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Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat". It doesn't need an internet connection and uses MQTT. Here, it's directly driving a relay.
It's running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, in read-only mode.
I used it for years and it's time to go back to it, cloudless and local.#RunBSD #NetBSD #IoT #OwnYourDevices #OwnYourData #Cloudless
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Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat". It doesn't need an internet connection and uses MQTT. Here, it's directly driving a relay.
It's running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, in read-only mode.
I used it for years and it's time to go back to it, cloudless and local.#RunBSD #NetBSD #IoT #OwnYourDevices #OwnYourData #Cloudless
@stefano if you don't already have something in mind, this might make a very interesting conference talk. We've already had a FreeBSD Fridge. I think a privacy first NetBSD thermostat would be well received.
Here is a link to the FreeBSD Fridge from 2024 BSDCan. It is available on the SDF Peertube instance Toobnix.org: -
@stefano if you don't already have something in mind, this might make a very interesting conference talk. We've already had a FreeBSD Fridge. I think a privacy first NetBSD thermostat would be well received.
Here is a link to the FreeBSD Fridge from 2024 BSDCan. It is available on the SDF Peertube instance Toobnix.org:@bsdtv this could be a nice idea - I think people could be quite interested, and it's another step towards the #OwnYourData
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Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat". It doesn't need an internet connection and uses MQTT. Here, it's directly driving a relay.
It's running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, in read-only mode.
I used it for years and it's time to go back to it, cloudless and local.#RunBSD #NetBSD #IoT #OwnYourDevices #OwnYourData #Cloudless
@stefano It's not that special to be honest but it's cool to have anyway!
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Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat". It doesn't need an internet connection and uses MQTT. Here, it's directly driving a relay.
It's running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, in read-only mode.
I used it for years and it's time to go back to it, cloudless and local.#RunBSD #NetBSD #IoT #OwnYourDevices #OwnYourData #Cloudless
@stefano I wish I could find the HN comment by the Honeywell engineer that talks about like 6 different safety features none of the open source DIY thermostats have but I cannot seem to find it anymore. Stuff like
- it needs to lock out instead of continuing to try to start the gas heat so you don't flood the house with gas if the ignition is faulty
- it needs to automatically turn on the heat no matter what if if gets too cold
- it needs a mechanical safety feature to shut itself off if the heat gets stuck on
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@stefano I wish I could find the HN comment by the Honeywell engineer that talks about like 6 different safety features none of the open source DIY thermostats have but I cannot seem to find it anymore. Stuff like
- it needs to lock out instead of continuing to try to start the gas heat so you don't flood the house with gas if the ignition is faulty
- it needs to automatically turn on the heat no matter what if if gets too cold
- it needs a mechanical safety feature to shut itself off if the heat gets stuck on
etc etc@feld My Netatmo doesn't do all that, and neither do the other thermostats connected to the other boilers I have access to.
Fundamentally, those are things the boiler handles (if it's less than 20 years old), not the thermostat. My boiler, even though it's 10 years old, has all these internal features; it also controls the water temperature, etc.
The thermostat is just for deciding if the house is cold or not - I expect all the other controls to be handled by the burner itself.
In other words, I'm not replacing the internal thermostat (the one that regulates the flow temperature, etc.), just the room thermostat. Besides, my sensor is located very far from the boiler, which is in a separate, ventilated room.
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@stefano It's not that special to be honest but it's cool to have anyway!
@MisterMaker No, maybe it's not special. But it's mine, and solved a lot of problems in the past, when those smart things wheren't even available. Sometimes you don't need rocket science to have some fun ๐
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@feld My Netatmo doesn't do all that, and neither do the other thermostats connected to the other boilers I have access to.
Fundamentally, those are things the boiler handles (if it's less than 20 years old), not the thermostat. My boiler, even though it's 10 years old, has all these internal features; it also controls the water temperature, etc.
The thermostat is just for deciding if the house is cold or not - I expect all the other controls to be handled by the burner itself.
In other words, I'm not replacing the internal thermostat (the one that regulates the flow temperature, etc.), just the room thermostat. Besides, my sensor is located very far from the boiler, which is in a separate, ventilated room.
@stefano I wonder if this is perhaps a fundamental difference in design between some of the EU and US equipment.
Maybe it's only older equipment in the US that doesn't do this and Honeywell had to build it into the thermostat to cover themselves legally? -
@MisterMaker No, maybe it's not special. But it's mine, and solved a lot of problems in the past, when those smart things wheren't even available. Sometimes you don't need rocket science to have some fun ๐
@stefano For sure, it's fun! I have been putting these kind of no-cloud things all over the house lately :). This is my main thermostat for the house https://diyless.com/product/opentherm-thermostat3
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@stefano For sure, it's fun! I have been putting these kind of no-cloud things all over the house lately :). This is my main thermostat for the house https://diyless.com/product/opentherm-thermostat3
@MisterMaker that's great - and funny! ๐
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@stefano I wonder if this is perhaps a fundamental difference in design between some of the EU and US equipment.
Maybe it's only older equipment in the US that doesn't do this and Honeywell had to build it into the thermostat to cover themselves legally?@feld it probably is
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Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat". It doesn't need an internet connection and uses MQTT. Here, it's directly driving a relay.
It's running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, in read-only mode.
I used it for years and it's time to go back to it, cloudless and local.#RunBSD #NetBSD #IoT #OwnYourDevices #OwnYourData #Cloudless
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@omar have fun with it!
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