MikeSharp01 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Didn't bag one of the first batch but ordered this back in October, so very happy to see it arrive just now. This will be the core of the HA system for the house alongside an array of RPi PICO Ws that will run all the remote sensors and any actuators we feel we need. Lets see if I can squeeze enough time this afternoon to get it up and running and put it through its paces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, MikeSharp01 said: Didn't bag one of the first batch but ordered this back in October, so very happy to see it arrive just now. This will be the core of the HA system for the house alongside an array of RPi PICO Ws that will run all the remote sensors and any actuators we feel we need. Lets see if I can squeeze enough time this afternoon to get it up and running and put it through its paces. Performance boost over the 4 is nice . You’ll probably need some proper cooling though … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 40 minutes ago, Pocster said: You’ll probably need some proper cooling though … Yes I see the cooled cases are not yet available so I will await one before stretching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said: Yes I see the cooled cases are not yet available so I will await one before stretching it. I got the default cooler https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-5-active-cooler?variant=41044554580051 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Actually they have a few cases with fans … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 4 hours ago, MikeSharp01 said: This will be the core of the HA system for the house alongside an array of RPi PICO Ws that will run all the remote sensors and any actuators we feel we need Post up how you do that please. I keep meaning to research it a bit more, but don't seem to have free time and enthusiasm at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan F Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 4 hours ago, MikeSharp01 said: alongside an array of RPi PICO Ws that will run all the remote sensors and any actuators we feel we need. Interesting. What approach have you taken for: - power and network to the pico's. - wiring from pico to sensors/actuators (e.g. are pic behind a motion center in the ceiling or something) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2D2 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I replaced a 3B with the 5, nice improvement. Active cooling is annoying, my official case fan is a bit annoying, may be faulty. Pico WH connects to sensors via GPIO pins, I have one connected to a CO2 sensor. Powered via usb and pushes values with MQTT to the 5 via WiFi for logging. Very pleased with the Pico, it hasn't skipped a beat yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryE Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Mike, you can get refurbed 8Gb Lenovo M73 Minis for £50-100 on eBay. Set it up as a ProxMox host and run the HA VM on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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