Serial-Studio VS HeatPump

I recommend moving away from linuxdeployqt, and use linuxdeploy (almost the same name, but without the "qt" at the end). It has a Qt plugin, and it's as easy to use. Check how a real world application is using it, and it's with Qt 6.

This looks like it could be useful but it took me a while to find the widget examples.

https://github.com/Serial-Studio/Serial-Studio/wiki/Introduc...

I am certain that the creator is very smart and has created a great tool for programmers, but I would suggest including a "Dumbed Down" video on their start page with practical examples such as the battery monitor or GPS mapping.

There is a huge audience of beginners and less technical experimenters that this tool could gain traction with but the information on the main page is most likely way over their heads as far a technical jargon goes. Arduino is popular because it is easy, KISS.

Serial Studio looks like a good option. They recently added security options for MQTT but I've not had a chance to try it out yet. https://github.com/Serial-Studio/Serial-Studio

you folks might wanna check SerialStudio out https://github.com/Serial-Studio/Serial-Studio

I think we are talking about different machinery (or maybe different levels of control). What I meant is something like https://github.com/SwiCago/HeatPump , but officially supported.

SwiCago has references for hardware to buy (I used this to get the premade pig tails)

I have four of these units. Not sure of your tech comfort level, but I didn't want to pay $200+ per unit for the Mitusbishi thermostat, so I got some ESP32s and programmed them with this library. Now they're fully controllable using my existing Hubitat setup and a driver I wrote.

Brought them all into Home Assistant using ESPHome https://github.com/SwiCago/HeatPump

Nice, I'm also using Unifi NVR. For thermostats I use ZigBee temp sensors and built ESP32 boxes to control and give the temps to air handlers using swicago -- no actual thermostats on the walls. For sound I'm using Chromecast Audio for sources and proper amps/speakers. Unfortunately for shades Lutron has the best, which means dealing with their proprietary junk. If you can get the QS processor they are phasing out, you can use telnet (called LIP) to control it. Otherwise with QSX they've made it impossible for DIY, it's undocumented and unnecessarily complex in the name of security -- security I do not need on my secure LAN. Lutron also has nice motion sensors and (Palladiom) keypads, but I don't use them for lighting, ironically. Other shades like Somfy may be good enough at a fraction of the price. For circadian lighting, if you end up going the ZigBee route and forgo full color, the adjustable white Hue bulbs are cheaper. Savings can add up if you'd doing a lot of bulbs.

If you don't want to use the cloud, you can directly interface with the minisplit: https://github.com/SwiCago/HeatPump