Pete KeenMay 22, 2024

My decision making process is not coherent.

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Show threadPete KeenMay 22, 2024

I have no justification for this largess. I just wanted one or two spares to mess with because I have five in production and sometimes I need to FA to FO. I could have spent $40 on one machine but I chose to spend $160 on 16 machines.

I haven't tested any yet but they all look to be in good physical shape and all appear to have their (incredibly rare) wifi cards. If they all work I can plausibly part out half the wifi cards for what I paid for the lot.

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Show threadJeff TriplettMay 22, 2024
@zrail Have you written up how you use them? Less technical but more practical. Do you have one in your kitchen?
Show threadPete Keen

@webology I have a draft blog post somewhere. Basically I use them in homeprod for talking to zwave and zigbee and serial ports of a few things around the house. One of them is also a local gps-driven stratum0 NTP server.

I'm probably going to mess around with HA voice remote. Maybe k8s. Maybe a family dashboard kind of thing in the kitchen or mudroom.

May 22, 2024 at 4:15pmWeb