Controlling the Central Heating

[mschnell1]

As pointed out in the other discussion thread, I am focused on doing and using embedded devices (nowadays called IOT). Here I am thinking of devices in a class of a RapBerry Pico or at max a RaspBerry Pi.

I intend to use EOS once I will upgrade my home energy system by a Heat Pump, PV panels, Accumulators and a smart meter.

Right now I have a Pellet oven, and Solar Thermie Panels. There is about 1/2 floor heating and 1/2 radiator supplied rooms, and domestic water heating.

The system is controlled by an embedded device connected to some 20 temperature sensor, a 7-way mixer, and some five pumps (and to the network).

Now when introducing EOS (together with the new devices), my goal is to have the system do the optimization and prediction discussed here, as well as the low level control of the mixer, pumps, and sensors, including doing appropriate state logging.

I suppose for this, the "system" will need to be a collection of multiple devices / software "products" in a distributed networked way.

Regarding optimization, the system is interesting because of the alternative/combined inputs (PV, Solar Thermie, Pellet burning, Accumulator, Grid currant), and alternative/combined output (domestic water, Floor heating, Radiators, Accumulator, Grid).

What do you think ?

[mschnell1]

giving up. :(

[NormannK]

give the project some more time. We are working in the feature branch on a lot of things including a framework to include other devices.
There is also a way better documentation coming up! But we are not there yet to replace the main branch.

[mschnell1]

I am not urging anybody to come up with something already "production ready". I am just researching if I might be able to contribute something sensible. That is why I need to understand what this is all about, what direction / features are planned, what structures are intended and what state currently is reached. And that is why I talked about my background to show at what "edges" I might be able to be helpful (i.e. "peripherals", not economic strategies or "AI").