Hi,
I just found home assistant and I am just wondering if I will be able to use it to do what I’m hoping to do.
I have read this great thread… New to this, project for me and a 9 year old
and thats answered a lot of my initial questions… but please forgive a little impatience and just a desire to know if I am on the right track before going too far…
Right now all I want to do is monitor the temperature in the rooms in my house and compare those temperatures over time.
Maybe on a chart…
I’d like to see when the heating goes off and how fast the rooms are cooling down after that.
I’m embarking on a retrofit insulation project next year so i’d love to be able to compare before and after charts just to see how much things have improved…
So I’m wondering what sensors I can buy to use for this?
Can they be battery powered? (have small kids with busy hands so want to tuck them away if possible)
Also I have an older Pi 3… not sure exactly which model. Wondering if a Pi zero could be used?
Or is it underpowered…
I also have a small older HTPC running windows 7 that I could use for this… but is the only way to run on a PC to use a VM ?
Thanks