I’m planning to build several WiFi connected devices for home automation: an AC remote control and air quality sensors. These devices would send data and be controlled through a local server. I’m considering two approaches: running custom software on a server PC (hardware to be determined) or integrating with Home Assistant’s protocols and purchasing their hardware. Would using Home Assistant be excessive for this use case?
I’m planning on assembling and coding w/e needs coding on microcontrollers, and a mini PC/HA hardware won’t be connected to the cloud. But generally speaking yes: most IoT devices in the US connect to someone else’s computer these daya