As I mentioned yesterday I've been planning to upgrade the Raspberry Pi running my home automation from a Model B to a Pi 3. That should have ample processing power to handle all I need. As you can see below it's now in place. It's using a Pi Cobbler to attach to a breadboard where all the PIRs and door switches are wired up. The USB cable is to an X10 controller via an adaptor as it's got an old serial connection. That turns my lights on and off.
Those boards above it are the old Comfort system that I used to use. This is now redundant and I may rip those out soon. I doubt they have much value to anyone.
I've installed the latest version of Home Assistant and copied over my configuration files. I need to change a few things that don't work with this version and try out some of the newer features. I see they just added an automation editor. I had been thinking this would be a useful feature as setting things up manually in the config files can be a little hit and miss.
I will find some use for the old Pi. These things use so little power that there's no real issue with leaving them on all the time. I heard from a few people on the previous post who use them for VPN, mining or playing old games.
Mine cryptocurrency in the cloud at Eobot, including Steem. You can earn as you chat using WowApp. If you use these links I get a small reward. You can recruit others to do the same.
Super Interesting! Planning to get myself a Model in order to stake some Proof-of-Stake Coins, like Stratis!
I hope you mine a ton of coins and do very very well!
I've been staking OKcash using ROKOS on my Pi for awhile now. Pi's are great for staking!
Go for it. It's cheap enough to get these things
Looks like coin operated machine
We've used our original PI for a variety of projects, TV being one of my favorites. My son just received a PI3 in the mail and is setting it up as a income earning masternode.
That's awesome!
Cool. What will that be running?
He's starting with chaincoin because the total cost of coins needed to hold in the masternode fit his budget is what he told me. If money was no object he would be very happy with a Dash masternode.
Great post Steve, I don't know a ton about IT stuff but the Pi's have always fascinated me.
I would think a guy like you that knows a bunch of this stuff could do real well by mining coins on your own for sure!
Have a good Sunday dude.
Mining tends to need lots of power and may not pay for itself. I know you can get dedicated devices for it, but I've not tried that
i do not get a word but it looks like you are progressing!
Well it's not quite working yet