WiFi room thermometer

[JonathanRyan]

Enter the world of things that are almost what you need but not quite.....

I want a room thermometer with WiFi that has a screen showing temperature that can push updates to a server such as Ubidots. Or just possibly a Raspberry Pi running a lightweight DB server.

Things that are close but won't do......

1. A thermometer with bluetooth - I can only read it from my phone if I'm in the room so kind of what's the point?
2. A thermometer that links to Alexa/Google/insert AI here but not an HTTPS service. These are easy and great if you want to use their ecosystem but a nightmare if you don't
3. Anything with a subscription (except Ubidots) - I can possibly make something work with IFTTT but I bet I end up paying for an account at each hop.

Any ideas? Bonus points if they end up < 15 quid so I can buy several

I've cobbled something together using a SwitchBot thermometer and Hub but I haven't worked out the last bit to Ubidots.

 

[wyx087]

https://www.home-assistant.io/
Directly runs on RPi. If you want more database-like features, you can feed the data into InfluxDB using built-in integration. The database program itself can be installed as an add-on and you can also use Grafana add-on to show pretty graphs similar to Ubidots.

Apart from Aqara multisensors via Conbee USB Zigbee coordinator. I also have a few Xiaomi bluetooth BLE temperature sensors, integrated using this: https://github.com/custom-components/ble_monitor

To integrate your existing Switchbot temperature sensor, it looks a bit fiddly (meaning not a HACS integration into HA interface, but a standalone Python script) but possible: https://community.home-assistant.io...mometer-hygrometer-with-home-assistant/177486

 

[JonathanRyan]

https://www.home-assistant.io/
Directly runs on RPi. If you want more database-like features, you can feed the data into InfluxDB using built-in integration. The database program itself can be installed as an add-on and you can also use Grafana add-on to show pretty graphs similar to Ubidots.

Apart from Aqara multisensors via Conbee USB Zigbee coordinator. I also have a few Xiaomi bluetooth BLE temperature sensors, integrated using this: https://github.com/custom-components/ble_monitor

To integrate your existing Switchbot temperature sensor, it looks a bit fiddly (meaning not a HACS integration into HA interface, but a standalone Python script) but possible: https://community.home-assistant.io...mometer-hygrometer-with-home-assistant/177486

Thanks very much. I'll spend some time reading those links.

Jul bet I end up returning the switch bot. It's cool but ultimately limited.

 

[JonathanRyan]

@wyx087 ooo. Grafana looks all kinds of fun

 

[JonathanRyan]

So I posted on another forum because I realised the iSpindel I have would do all this but doesn't have a screen and tends to be busy. The maker of this device got in touch

Nautilis iRelay Classic – Nautilis IOT & Homebrewery

www.nautilis.eu

He's building me one with a temperature sensor inside which can also be extended if I need to a probe. Should do everything I need while improving the performance of the iSpindel.

Now to learn Grafana.....