I have Hass running on an RPi3 at home, not doing much at the moment though.

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= Hardware =

RPi3 type B


= Software =

I'm running Hass.io because it's easymode.


= Beaconing =

General notes: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2016/04/30/ibeacons-part-1-making-presence-detection-work-better/

So it can do some interesting things, but it's especially good for presence detection and the like.

There's a bunch of libraries for supporting it in various forms, etc:

 * https://www.home-assistant.io/components/sensor.eddystone_temperature/
 * https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2016/04/30/ibeacons-part-1-making-presence-detection-work-better/
 * https://developers.google.com/beacons/eddystone#beacon_manufacturers
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Bluetooth_Beacon
 * https://shop.ruuvi.com/product/ruuvitag/
 * https://github.com/beaconinside/awesome-beacon