Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat".
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@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.
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@stefano It's not that special to be honest but it's cool to have anyway!
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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
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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
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@stefano It's not that special to be honest but it's cool to have anyway!
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@stefano I wonder if this is perhaps a fundamental difference in design between some of the EU and US equipment.
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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
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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
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@omar have fun with it!