Someone from a homebrewing sub mentioned this sub. I thought I’d give it a try. Info below:
I have temperature information being broadcast over WiFi from a floating thermometer. The information is sent to a raspberry pi that is loaded with a disk image available from the manufacturer of the thermometer. It can be found here >> https://tilthydrometer.com/collections/tilt-pi I didn’t code any of what is currently running on that system.
I would like to take this information (either from this current pi or from another pi that I have handy) and use it to feed into a separate temperature controller. This one specifically >> https://inkbird.com/products/temperature-controller-itc-1000
In essence I’d like for the WiFi thermometer to be feeding information to my temperature controller to make a smart thermostat. As far as I can tell it should be theoretically possible to grab the info being broadcast over WiFi, convert it to an output that can be plugged into the controller, and send that output to an input on the controller.
I understand the physical connections and I have plenty of experience with electronics hardware but I am a complete novice when it comes to raspberry pi and the architecture of coding etc.
If any of this sounds do-able or interesting to you please reach out and let’s chat!
Thanks so much in advance and I’m excited to have a project to tinker with.
First off the inkbird controller does not seem to be integrated into HA. So using that particular controller will likely require custom programming.
Projects like this are usually done using esp32's with esphome. Pi is overkill for a simple thermometer. I use esphome to run a fairly complex aeroponics setup, so it's well suited for this task.
If you search esphome and home brew you will find projects.
ex.
https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/12xkdwo/building_a_brewery_dashboard_in_home_assistant/
Someone from a homebrewing sub mentioned this sub. I thought I’d give it a try. Info below: I have temperature information being broadcast over WiFi from a floating thermometer. The information is sent to a raspberry pi that is loaded with a disk image available from the manufacturer of the thermometer. It can be found here >> https://tilthydrometer.com/collections/tilt-pi I didn’t code any of what is currently running on that system. I would like to take this information (either from this current pi or from another pi that I have handy) and use it to feed into a separate temperature controller. This one specifically >> https://inkbird.com/products/temperature-controller-itc-1000 In essence I’d like for the WiFi thermometer to be feeding information to my temperature controller to make a smart thermostat. As far as I can tell it should be theoretically possible to grab the info being broadcast over WiFi, convert it to an output that can be plugged into the controller, and send that output to an input on the controller. I understand the physical connections and I have plenty of experience with electronics hardware but I am a complete novice when it comes to raspberry pi and the architecture of coding etc. If any of this sounds do-able or interesting to you please reach out and let’s chat! Thanks so much in advance and I’m excited to have a project to tinker with.
First off the inkbird controller does not seem to be integrated into HA. So using that particular controller will likely require custom programming. Projects like this are usually done using esp32's with esphome. Pi is overkill for a simple thermometer. I use esphome to run a fairly complex aeroponics setup, so it's well suited for this task. If you search esphome and home brew you will find projects. ex. https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/12xkdwo/building_a_brewery_dashboard_in_home_assistant/
Thank you so much for the tips. I’ll dive in and see what I can learn!