I love dabbling with home automation and am using home assistant. I'm in IT, but very green with this stuff. So I will have lots of questions (Just scratching the surface for now.)
Have never messed with a Raspberry Pi (I'm a Windows guy, sorry!) But looks like this is the way. I'll figure it out, eventually. Want to be able to control my SWG, pump and heater. For now, I actually want to start with my heater because I simply want to see the current temp on my phone! Small steps.
I found some posts here and there that talk about which Pi to get. Some recommend the 3 as it puts off less heat and has plenty of horsepower to do what's needed here. This will be living outside in an IP65 enclosure, so heat is a concern. Am I shooting myself in the foot going with an "old" Pi?
Beyond the Pi and power adapter, looks like I need a USB to RS485. Was going to grab the Industrial RS 485 that's recommended on the nodejs site.
Anything else I'm missing just to start playing?
Have never messed with a Raspberry Pi (I'm a Windows guy, sorry!) But looks like this is the way. I'll figure it out, eventually. Want to be able to control my SWG, pump and heater. For now, I actually want to start with my heater because I simply want to see the current temp on my phone! Small steps.
I found some posts here and there that talk about which Pi to get. Some recommend the 3 as it puts off less heat and has plenty of horsepower to do what's needed here. This will be living outside in an IP65 enclosure, so heat is a concern. Am I shooting myself in the foot going with an "old" Pi?
Beyond the Pi and power adapter, looks like I need a USB to RS485. Was going to grab the Industrial RS 485 that's recommended on the nodejs site.
Anything else I'm missing just to start playing?