From e780ced158278495c7df3beba98ff9850f5853d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jarno Rankinen <50285623+0ranki@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 20:45:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index baa4b93..eb951e9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,23 @@ # Enervent-control -External control of an Enervent Pingvin Kotilämpö residential heating/ventilation +External control of an Enervent Pingvin +Kotilämpö residential heating/ventilation unit via RS485 bus using the Modbus protocol. -Work is my Bachelor's Thesis at Oulu University of Applied Sciences, software development. +Work is my Bachelor's Thesis at Oulu University +of Applied Sciences, software development. +The Python version under `enervent-ctrl-python` +is an initial proof-of-concept, +mainly to test that the hardware side of things +works as expected. The main daemon is written +in Go and the source is under `enervent-ctrl-go` + +The daemon is designed to run on a Linux host +that has some sort of RS485 connector attached. +For development a Raspberry Pi 4B was initially +used for convenience, but after the Go +implementation started, a RPi Zero W 1 with a +connected [Zihatec RS 485 HAT](https://www.hwhardsoft.de/english/projects/rs485-shield/?mobile=1) +has been used to make sure the daemon stays as +lightweight as possible.