Best hardware platform for home automation system

[John Brahy]

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to find out if anyone has experience with creating home
automation systems using OpenBSD. I was planning on buying a random
fanless micro atx system. I was hoping to get some suggestions from
y'all. I know there is a hardware compatibility list at
http://www.openbsd.org but I was looking for specific experience with
motherboards with supported ethernet chips (I'm sure most work anyway)
and devices to turn things on and off.

Thanks for your time,

JB

Re: Best hardware platform for home automation system

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2008-04-02, John Brahy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 fanless micro atx system. I was hoping to get some suggestions from
 y'all. I know there is a hardware compatibility list at
 http://www.openbsd.org but I was looking for specific experience with
 motherboards with supported ethernet chips (I'm sure most work anyway)
 and devices to turn things on and off.
  ^
see gpio(4), gpioctl(8). You might find them in other places too,
but the soekris and pcengines boards make these quite accessible.

You might also be interested in the onewire(4) devices (e.g.
temperature sensors etc).