It feels good to be stocked up again. I knew I was running low, but I didn't realize that I had 4 units which were completely built except that they lacked the Raspberry Pi. I thought those units were ready to ship!

I still did have the one #HestiaPi on my bench that I've been using to do testing of the upcoming v1.5 image that I could have cannibalized, but much better to just be properly stocked!

It's not every day that I order $300 worth of Raspberry Pi Zero 2 boards. 😅

People think these boards cost the MSRP of $15/each. The truth is one board is $25.82-$29.64 after tax and shipping. That's not with a power supply, SD card, case or anything. Just the board, and the higher side of that price range includes headers.

This is why I order in bulk. While it does nothing about the sales tax, it does help with shipping costs. I then pass those savings on to people who want to buy a #HestiaPi

I had an insane push this weekend to get #HestiaPi & #OpenHAB to be compatible with a heat pump HVAC system. I'm testing it by running LEDs through the relays to see when they flip on.

I have one prototype that I manually configured. I have the basics down: heating, cooling, ruining the fan, 2-stages for both heating and cooling.

Next up, boosting and tons of regression testing. I rewrote huge parts of many of the roles and made serious logic/flow changes.

I need sleep too!

We're getting close to releasing a maintenance update. No functional changes, but it will extend the security updates for another two years.

There's more testing to do, but hopefully that will go smoothly.

I hope to have another update out soon after that, which will be the same deal: no functional changes, but yet ANOTHER two years of security patches!

When I say long term support, I mean it!

#HestiaPi #thermostat #IoT #OpenHardware #electronics #OpenSource #FOSS

A rare look at the #EU version of the #HestiaPi with the 240V AC -> 5V DC power adapter (the black rectangle in the photo). Everything else is the same hardware. It also uses the same software, just different settings.

I hate to ship these across the ocean, but there's literally not a single person, #hackerapace or #Makerspace in the EU who is willing to build these #OpenSource #thermostats. So I make them available, and ship them all the way from America.

Help wanted: test the latest release of the #HestiaPi SD card image.

https://community.hestiapi.com/t/debian-12-bookworm-image-testing-v1-5-dev/2104

If you have a device, plea help. We're trying to get more people to test this out. The new image should work just like the previous version except it'll get another 2 years of security updates.

No new features, just stability and long term support.

Less than 2 weeks left until the old #Nest #thermostats go through their metamorphosis to become dumb thermostats.

Honestly, it might be a win for the owners in terms of #privacy. But if they want a wifi enabled thermostat that is open source and will never abandon them like this, please suggest a #HestiaPi.

You can make one yourself, buy a kit, or buy a prebuilt unit. If it ever breaks you can #repair it. If it doesn't do what you want, you can customize it. #FOSS #OpenSource #OpenHardware ❤️

It warms my heart to hear from people who were about to build their own thermostat from scratch and then found out about the #HestiaPi project.

Now they can get a leg up on their #thermostat and just focus on the thermostat rules instead of the #hardware, #software and so forth.

Meanwhile, we get another collaborator and hopefully can integrate the new code that implements the additional features they want.

win-win!

#OpenSource is awesome.

Big news: Permanent price drop & international shipping!

Down to $150 fully loaded, assembled, flashed and ready to plug & play in North America.

Also, I've enabled shipping to Canada and Europe. I hope I don't regret that. 😅

https://www.tindie.com/products/eternalsunshine/hestiapi-one-silent/

I'm ready to help people kick #Nest & #Google to the curb. 💪 Lets do this!

https://mastodon.social/@hestiahacker/115198368211157774

#FOSS #OpenSource #hardware #OpenHardware #electronics #FLOSS #RaspberryPi #HestiaPi #privacy #freedom #FreedomTech #thermostat #BigTech #DIY

Next month, Google is going to make some Nest thermostats not-so-smart.

https://www.tomsguide.com/home/smart-home/google-announces-end-of-support-for-1st-and-2nd-gen-nest-thermostats-what-you-need-to-know

This can never happen with a #HestiaPi. It's not even possible because it doesn't depend on some third party cloud service. Everything is run inside your home, and it's yours, forever. ❤️

The HestiaPi is also #repairable and #upgradable. In summary, it's better by design.

#OpenSource #hardware #OpenHardware #FOSS #diy #electronics