It is beyond my technical ability to build, but I was wondering if it could be used to make an internet connected smart thermostat that could be run off the power provided by the HVAC transformer and controlled remotely via an android phone. It is cheap enough and power consumption is low enough, that it will find tons of applications, but lacking a real time clock might be a problem for a thermostat. Perhaps there is a better product for such a purpose? <div>
<br></div><div>Conceptually, I would like to have a thermostat that would optimize the function of my heat pump for both heating and cooling cycles according to outdoor temps and indoor temps & humidity (i.e. raise the set-point during the day to pull in as much heat as possible in winter or lower the set-point early in the day before it gets so hot outside in summer or kick on the AC when it is too humid inside even if the temp is within tolerance) with the capability to adjust/override the settings from my phone. Without spending hundreds of $ for the necessary hardware. Should be simple, right?</div>
<div><br></div><div>GC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Brian MacLeod <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nym.bnm@gmail.com">nym.bnm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Ted W <<a href="mailto:ted@techmachine.net">ted@techmachine.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> What kind of projects do you have planned? What kind of expectations<br>
> do you have for it? Personally, I'm probably going to play with it for a<br>
> bit, no project in particular. I hope to eventually make a box to put<br>
> XBMC on it as it looks like it is fairly capable of decoding HD video.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>I plan on it, and my boss knows that well enough that he got GTLIB to<br>
mirror the software distribution.<br>
<br>
I have several projects in mind, personal and work related:<br>
Centrally controlled content filter device for my less tech savvy<br>
relatives with kids<br>
Network monitoring device (already working on this with Sheeva based devices)<br>
Portable desktop with remote access (naturally)<br>
Smarts for what I guess they should call "dumb" TVs<br>
<br>
bnm<br>
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