DIY home-automation using cheap off-the-shelf hardware components.
DIY home-automation using cheap off-the-shelf hardware components.
:warning: Disclaimer: Some applications involve working with high voltage (230VAC). Consult with an electrician if you haven’t got the expertise, the required safety measures are exluded from this documentation.
So you have some appliance (e.g. a motorized shutters, lights or some buttons) in your home which you want to automate using home automation software (e.g. homeassistant). You may have an SBC (raspberry pi, orange pi) in your drawer along with some peripheral boards (Relay boards, IO extenders). You can connect these components with some dupont wire but you still need some software on your SBC to make use of them.
Instead of writing a software from scratch specialized for your particular setup, wscgo can be configured for a wide range of uses.
The development is mainly driven by my needs regarding home automation.
Why not some cheaper alternative, like ESP? Currently I have five controllers in my house. I could save a few bucks by using cheaper devices, but having linux on these computers I gain ssh access, remote monitoring and easy updates via package manager.
Wscgo written in Go and uses Periph for low-level device access. WiringPi is also used for now, but it will be removed in the future.
Wscgo is open source, released under GPL3. Contributions are welcome.