Total HA neewb here, I am planning to set up HA to read zigbee thermostats and zigbee temperature meters, to control a hot water heater through z-wave smart switch and to control a heat pump through the Broadlink RM4. The device will only run HA.
Reading the forums, I think it sounds like I Rapsberry PI 4 with 4GB should be sufficient for this use case, but unfortunately this is hard to find. I was considering getting a Orange Pi 4 LTS 4GB instead from AliExpress, but I can find very few who have tried it. Has anyone on the forum tried using this hardware for HA.
It also states it requires a 5V/4A power supply, not 5V/3A, but I have not come across many of these?
If you have tried, what power supply did you use?
Will I run into alot of extra hassle for choosing the Orange Pi, I can get the Raspberrry Pi 4 with 2GB ram, would that be less hassle? Some have states it is not so snappy?