#hestiapi — Public Fediverse posts
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A rare look at the #EU version of the #HestiaPi with the 240V AC -> 5V DC power adapter (the black rectangle in the photo). Everything else is the same hardware. It also uses the same software, just different settings.
I hate to ship these across the ocean, but there's literally not a single person, #hackerapace or #Makerspace in the EU who is willing to build these #OpenSource #thermostats. So I make them available, and ship them all the way from America.
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Less than 2 weeks left until the old #Nest #thermostats go through their metamorphosis to become dumb thermostats.
Honestly, it might be a win for the owners in terms of #privacy. But if they want a wifi enabled thermostat that is open source and will never abandon them like this, please suggest a #HestiaPi.
You can make one yourself, buy a kit, or buy a prebuilt unit. If it ever breaks you can #repair it. If it doesn't do what you want, you can customize it. #FOSS #OpenSource #OpenHardware ❤️
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Big news: Permanent price drop & international shipping!
Down to $150 fully loaded, assembled, flashed and ready to plug & play in North America.
Also, I've enabled shipping to Canada and Europe. I hope I don't regret that. 😅
https://www.tindie.com/products/eternalsunshine/hestiapi-one-silent/
I'm ready to help people kick #Nest & #Google to the curb. 💪 Lets do this!
https://mastodon.social/@hestiahacker/115198368211157774
#FOSS #OpenSource #hardware #OpenHardware #electronics #FLOSS #RaspberryPi #HestiaPi #privacy #freedom #FreedomTech #thermostat #BigTech #DIY
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It requires hardware modifications to both the HestiaPi and the LCD, and a little Bash script, but it's possible to have the backlight turn completely off when not in use. Tapping the screen causes it to turn back on.
There's a writeup on the community forum which I will be including in the owner's manual.
#OpenHardware should be #hackable like this. I also plan on making this possible to do without hardware modification to the #HestiaPi on the next #hardware revision of the PCB. #OpenSource
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I'm having a blowout #sale on the clicky version of the #HestiaPi #thermostats!
https://www.tindie.com/products/eternalsunshine/hestiapi-one-clicky/
No #cloud service here.
No data collection.
No company who is going to discontinue the model and leave you without #security updates.
No dystopian nonsense!
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I'll be putting in another order to stock up on parts soon. I need to batch order up as much as possible in order to offer #HestiaPi #thermostats for the prices I do.
My next order is going to be from the evil Amazon because I can't find the LCD touchscreens or AC to DC converters elsewhere.
When I ran the numbers to do my taxes last month, I saw I had spent thousands of dollars on thermostat parts and still have not broken even yet. It's because I want them to be as inexpensive as possible! 😎
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I think I may have found the pogo pin I have been looking for. This is super exciting because it will allow me to build #HestiaPi #thermostats with a #RaspberryPi Zero 2 W AND still have a functional reset button on the side.
Currently, I can build units with the Zero 2, but there's no way to reset it. Instead, you have to flip the breaker to the furnace/air conditioning to power cycle it (& can't access the web interface). While it's not the end of the world, it's a "nice to have".
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I'm doing my taxes and I found that I'm only about $115 in the hole over the past 3 years for my efforts to make #HestiaPi #thermostats available to people!
This is good news because I've spent thousands of dollars on this project, so it feels really good to be almost there.
Of course if I got to $1 in the black, it'd mean I was paid a dollar for literally thousands of hours of work, but I'm just going to not think about that 🫣