For Christmas, I got a Raspberry Pi 3 B. I’ve been wanting to set up a homegrown smarthome, and am planning on using this as a base for that. I’ll be running OpenHAB on the Raspbian OS.
I already have some smarthome equipment, including a SmartThings Hub, some HUE lights, and several Alexa’s. I’d prefer to run as much as I can inhouse, without relying on cloud services. Obviously, (and especially with the Alexa’s), that isn’t entirely possible, but I want to do as much as I can.
I’ve not spent much time with Linux, know nothing about Python, and my electrical/circuitry knowledge is what I can remember from a kids book of experiments from my childhood. This will very much be a learning experience for me, and should broaden my knowledge about those subjects a great deal.
As it stands now, I’ve got Raspbian running, OpenHAB deployed via Docker, and am ready to start configuring over the coming days. I’ve not used Docker before either, but it seems pretty cool.
Let’s see what the coming days bring!