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Things like this are exactly why I went with less "intelligent" smart thermostat. (Honeywell T9) The only learning feature it has is figuring out how long it t
by kayodelycaon 4y ago
Things like this are exactly why I went with less "intelligent" smart thermostat. (Honeywell T9)
The only learning feature it has is figuring out how long it takes to heat or cool the house given the current weather. Before a schedule change, can heat or cool the house so it hits next target temperature on time. This seems to work extremely well.
Everything else like schedule and away settings are configured by the user.
Once nice feature is it is fully programmable from the thermostat, without internet. You only need the app for setting a geofence for automatic home/away.
- connicpu 4y agoBuilding my own thermostat so I have total control was a fun project, I learned a lot about electrical engineering and built a circuit with some TRIACs to control the HVAC lines. Though I still need to give it an interface so I can program it some way other than uploading the program as a JSON blob to my raspberry pi!
- bavell 4y agoThis has been on my project list for a long time haha, would you happen to have any blog posts or references for those of us who aspire to do the same?
- connicpu 4y agoSorry for the late reply! Hmm, I don't have any particular posts I followed on hand, but I learned a lot by watching ElectroBOOM and Ben Eater's videos on YouTube. A general background in C++ development made getting started with Arduino code (you can use arduino frameworks for chips like the ESP8266) a snap as well
- Melatonic 4y agoSounds nice. Let the machine figure out something other than people - it will probably be much better at that.