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Home Automation
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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.
It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.
Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.
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Wow that is a lot of reading, which means you did a lot of work researching, planning, testing and writing. Thank you for publishing this.
A cursory look seems like the software you are using could benefit from a more powerful machine. I know power is a concern for some, but for me it is irritating waiting around for things to load. A Dell Optiplex 7070 SFF i7-9700 @ 3.00GHz 16GB RAM 256GB SSD is only $56 on ebay and would be significantly faster than an orange pi. Thoughts?
God I wish I lived wherever you did. That's a £300 machine, here.
It's a live listing still taking bids with 3 days to go.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/355204395401
You can get one for £200 delivered in the UK with identical specs so it's a good deal cheaper than you think. That said it's not as cheap as a US machine but they have a market of 5-6 times as many desktop machines.