I’m wanted to get my brother a starter kit for HAOS. He has used Amazon products in the past, and has basically sworn off cloud-based home automation products. I don’t want to spend a fortune, and he doesn’t want to mess with setting up a new project. I just went to look at a RPi 5, but man those have shot up in price! Also not looking for a big desktop system, something around $100 and sips power. If he wants more power in the future, that’s on him.
#Good starter hardware?
warped burrow
A hardware recommendation is welcome, but I’m looking more for what kinds of hardware works well. Are there any other SBCs that would work well for HAOS? Like an odroid?
How much RAM would be recommended? Drive space? CPU?
Would be for a gift.
rustic tangle
Prices have gone way up but that's the case for all options. Keeping in mind your other needs the HA Green is probably the easiest, quickest and simplest way to go. Plug it in, turn it on and sign in. /Done
Log in from his favorite device on the same network at home (desktop, iOS, iPadOS or Android).
https://ameridroid.com/products/home-assistant-green
More infor also listed here
warped burrow
Hmm. Haven’t heard of the green model.
elder egret
Would be for a gift.
A Green. Specially as a gift.
warped burrow
Looks good. A bit expensive, but it might work out. Heh, maybe I’ll throw in the Konnected BlaQ I just bought and can’t use.
My Chamberlain opener is too new. I thought it had a yellow button, but it was the lighting in my garage. It’s actually a white learn button. I’m off topic now though.
Thanks for the help everyone.
halcyon idol