ebin-dev Posted November 27, 2020 Posted November 27, 2020 Some of you may be interested to not only store your data on Helios64 but to also run other services on it - such as home automation. One of the popular platforms for home automation in Europe - and in Germany in particular - is "Homematic". They opened up their ecosystem some time ago and allow others to implement their own components (some excellent examples from Jérôme are here). As of yesterday - with the latest commit - it is possible to run a virtualised "ccu3" base station for that platform, called pivccu, with support for a detached antenna module (RPI-RF-MOD) coupled to Helios64 (and Armbian 20.11 kernel 5.9.10) through a tcp/ip network using a dedicated circuit board developed by Alex Reinert (HB-RF-ETH). All of these projects are in the open domain. Actually not only Helios64 but also most of the SBCs running Armbian and a recent mainline kernel should now also be supported. There is a logic layer built into the pivccu system, but actions can also easily be automated using i.e. Node-Red or OpenHab2. Just to let you know: If you don't want to build stuff yourself, components could be purchased in Germany from i.e. elv and smartkram. 1
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