ELI5 - Uses of running hassio + ST?

[ogiewon]

Best use I have found for a Raspberry Pi is to build a RetroPie classic gaming system.

RetroPie

I also use a Raspberry Pi to run Homebridge with the SmartThings Plugin. This provides Homekit capabilities for iOS users. I don’t really need it, but since I had a Raspberry Pi laying around, I figured why not.

I truly prefer the simplicity of the Arduino / ESP8266 micro-controllers. No operating system to deal with. Simple to write code for. Here is my project/platform for using these micro-controllers with SmartThings.

[DEPRECATED] ST_Anything - Arduino/ESP8266/ESP32

UPDATE 2022-08-17 - Per this recent SmartThings announcement, the Groovy IDE will disabled on September 30, 2022. My best guess is that any existing ST_Anything devices will probably cease to operate at this time, or shortly thereafter. It has been a good 7+ year run for ST_Anything users. I want to thank you all for making ST_Anything a successful project! My son and I really had a lot of fun creating it together, and have enjoyed hearing how you have all used it in so many creative ways. As many of you probably already know, I have moved on from ST and have ported ST_Anything over to Hubitat as “HubDuino”. If you have devices running ST_Anything that you ‘can’t live without,’ at least you know you have options. Another option for ESP8266/ESP32 users would be to use ESPHome along …