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So many small, inexpensive devices are now available via eBay and Amazon are available with powerful sensor and computing power that are being used by hobbyists to build devices previously available only to high end buyers. These devices can be integrated into already existing home appliances and systems to make them run more efficiently and automate their control.
This little sensor and display, built in less than an hour for $15 (thanks, eBay!) transmits its data via WiFi to a server and will be used to control the environment in every room of the house and balance the plenum pressure over the heater/cooler to provide optimum Delta T in every room of the house. It will close off rooms that aren't being used and balance the pressure accordingly.
All controlled via an Android phone app.
I recently built a similar device that allows me to control my home irrigation system via my phone from anywhere in the world and automatically skip watering based on the local rainfall forecasts. All done with inexpensive off the shelf parts.
This little sensor and display, built in less than an hour for $15 (thanks, eBay!) transmits its data via WiFi to a server and will be used to control the environment in every room of the house and balance the plenum pressure over the heater/cooler to provide optimum Delta T in every room of the house. It will close off rooms that aren't being used and balance the pressure accordingly.
All controlled via an Android phone app.
I recently built a similar device that allows me to control my home irrigation system via my phone from anywhere in the world and automatically skip watering based on the local rainfall forecasts. All done with inexpensive off the shelf parts.