Oh yes! BBB is way more than capable of doing what you want to do. Actually a bit of overkill if this is all you want to do, but anyway . . . It clould be the first module in your ultimate home automation setup.
Here's a controlable outlet: https://www.adafruit.com/products/268 You would be monitoring 3 inputs and controlling 1 output. Easy Peasy! -david On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 12:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I've been digging into home automation a bit, and wanted to create a > system that'll turn a socket on/off based on temperature conditions, and > buttons. I started off on smarthome.com, and the controllers required to > program nested ifs are really expensive - I think this beagle board would > do the trick. > > In short, I want to turn an outlet on in my garage when: > > - the temperature inside reaches >= 30 deg celsius, and outside temp > is at least 5 deg cooler than current temp > - or, I hit a "Vent" button and it runs for 30 minutes > > Is controlling an outlet with BBB possible? > > I've found these temp sensors: > (outside) https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11050 > (inside) https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10167 > > This push button: > https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9181 > > Could I rig these things to work with BBB? If so, the missing piece is > the relay to power the outlet on and off. Ideally, there'd be an inline > relay that I could use (no outlet, much like > http://www.insteon.com/pdf/2475sdb.pdf). > > Appreciate your guidance, new world to me. If I can get the hardware > squared away, I can certainly figure the rest out (am a programmer). > > Thanks for your help. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
