Mastodawn

Dipping my toes into #HomeAutomation starting with a couple of #Sonoff temp/humidity sensors + Dongle Lite to use with my laptop and #HomeAssistant before having a dedicated hub.

That's £51 so ok to play and get the basics.

Got any thoughts or suggestions?

Home Assistant Green looks good for a dedicated hub but at £150 a bit much until I've tested the basics out. This is for a house I'm not living in yet so monitoring is all I need.

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__Miguel_

@happyborg Your first HA machine can be just about anything.

I usually suggest one of those 1L mini PCs that come from enterprises (check out Project TinyMiniMicro). You can get those second hand for under €100 rather easily, they'll be able to be expanded way more than any RPi or other SBC, and since they're technically enterprise gear they're built like tanks.

Hope this helps!