What is room-assistant? A quick explainer
The room-assistant app takes presence detection to the next level. It not only tracks whether you are home, but in which room you are currently in.
Release date: October, 2021
The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is a compact, yet powerful device designed in the UK with a custom-built system-in-package, the RP3A0. The device features a quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 processor clocked at 1GHz and 512 MB of SDRAM, making it up to five times as fast as the original Raspberry Pi Zero. The Zero 2 W comes with a built-in wireless LAN in a shielded enclosure for improved RF compliance, making it flexible for different designs. Its tiny size of 65 mm × 30 mm makes it perfect for a variety of smart home applications and IoT projects, such as security cameras and Bluetooth speakers. Like the original, the Zero 2 W also features a mini HDMI port, a micro USB port, and a micro USB power port.
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The room-assistant app takes presence detection to the next level. It not only tracks whether you are home, but in which room you are currently in.
A room-assistant companion app, which is currently in beta, allows those in the Apple ecosystem to benefit from everything BLE has to offer.
In its current state, room-assistant is very much usable, but due to a lack of spare time, the creator is open to finding a new maintainer.
Raspberry Pi has today announced the latest revision in its line of smaller than tiny computers: the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. And it's five times faster!