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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Tablet with USB-A? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking for a tablet with a USB-A port and a separate charging port so I can have my zigbee dongle and the charger plugged in at all times. Any recommendations? Doesn't need much, as long as it can run a basic version of linux and still have a functional touch screen that would be good enough.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Raspberry Pi with a touch screen?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah i have everything running on a pi right now but itd be so much slimmer/cleaner looking if it was just a tablet. I know theyre out there but its hard to figure out which models actually have multiple usb ports or a usb-a

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why change? Keep things running on the pi and just use the tablet as a display interface.

I never cared for inputs tried it but really I figure if I need to do something the automation is broken. I do have a bunch of eink displays around the house.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because i'd rather have one thing running instead of two.i know these tablets exist...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Surface tablets have multiple USB.

Not sure why you set against a hub.