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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by isj on Tuesday December 15 2020, @10:29PM

    by isj (5249) on Tuesday December 15 2020, @10:29PM (#1087811) Homepage

    Commercial products ... are no better designed and built than a Raspberry Pi or Arduino

    Maybe not, but there has usually been at least one engineer involved who have tested that it doesn't overheat at max load etc. And the seller typically guarantees replacements for several years.

    Yes, most thermostats (the devices controlling HVACs) are dumb. You need building automation to get it to do anything more intelligent as in your examples.

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