Re: New thermostat from the man who designed the iPod

[Andy Davies <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 26 October 2011 11:12, Simon Haslam <simon_haslam@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> One thing that the Nest video makes a very good point about it that
most (90% I think they reckoned) people don't programme their thermostat
properly. I can believe that. Multi-room zone systems are far harder - so
much so that you really need a web page/app etc to make it easier. So I
expect there is some appeal to the general public for a control that you
just set by turning there and then, though I too worry about what if you
forget. The other thing it presumably relies on is a regular routine every
week.
>
> The display on the Nest looks beautiful too - they have taken
something analogue & digitised it and in this case that seems to work,
especially with the control ring around the edge. That would make a very
nice GUI for the heating component of HA systems, and if you could have
room sensors like Nest (costing < $249 each of course) that would be
even better.
>

I suspect I wasn't the only one wondering how you hack something like
this together with an arduino and a small OLED display

I've also wanted a heating controller than I can program via a browser
for a while it's just the cost is too prohibitive for what they are.

Andy


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