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There are some boards based on that MCU, all them comes with [NodeMCU firmware](http://nodemcu.com/index_en.html) that enables to run Lua scripts, recently ESP8266 got also the support in the Arduino IDE, so you can flash an Arduino firmware if you prefer.\n\n* [NodeMCU Amica v2](https://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/nodemcu-v2-lua-based-esp8266-development-kit.html)\n\n* [Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 Breakout](https://www.adafruit.com/products/2471)\n\n* [MOD-WIFI-ESP8266-DEV](https://www.olimex.com/Products/IoT/MOD-WIFI-ESP8266-DEV/open-source-hardware)\n\nOther components may include relay boards, DHT22 for humidity and temperature, LDR as a light sensor and solenoid valves.\n\nI'm not sure about a [Raspberry Pi 2](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/) but an [ODROID-XU4](http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G143452239825) is certainly powerful enough to host openHAB plus the software described below.\n\n## Software\n\nBesides openHAB, I need a good MQTT broker, there are plenty of choices:\n\n* [Mosquitto](http://mosquitto.org/) - C language, BSD license\n\n* [RabbitMQ](https://www.rabbitmq.com/) - Erlang language, MPL license or commercial\n\n* [HornetQ](http://hornetq.jboss.org/) - Java language, Apache 2.0 Licence\n\n* [Apache Apollo](https://activemq.apache.org/apollo/) - Java language, Apache 2.0 Licence\n\nI used Mosquitto for my initial tests and it worked pretty well.\n\n[InfluxDB](https://influxdb.com/) and [Grafana](http://grafana.org/) will complete the software stack as a time series database and visualization tool respectively. \n\nAmong the visualization / dashboard crowd I would like to also mention:\n\n* [Dashing](http://dashingdemo.herokuapp.com/sample)\n\n* [Freeboard](https://github.com/Freeboard/freeboard)\n\n* [Charted](http://www.charted.co/)\n\n## Real life scenarios\n\nI want to measure outside light and turn on the lights in the front of the house if it gets dark and the light value is above a specific threshold for at least n minutes. 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You can note the use of a custom topic naming scheme.\n\nThen two [rules](https://github.com/openhab/openhab/wiki/Rules) defines automation and ties together these items:\n\n    import org.openhab.core.library.types.*\n    import org.openhab.core.persistence.*\n    import org.openhab.model.script.actions.*\n\n    var Number lightThreshold = 600\n    var Number lightIteration = 0\n\n    rule \"Change outside light status\"\n    when\n          Time cron \"0 0/2 15-23 * * ?\"\n    then\n          logInfo(\"Sensor\", \"Light value: \" + Outside_Light.state)\n          var Number maxCount = 2\n\n          if((Outside_Light.state > lightThreshold){\n             lightIteration = lightIteration + 1\n             if(lightIteration == maxCount){\n               postUpdate(Outside_Light_Switch, ON)\n             }\n           } else{\n              lightIteration = 0\n           }\n           logInfo(\"Sensor\", \"Iteration: \" + lightIteration)\n    end\n\n    rule \"Scheduled change outside light status MON-SUN\"\n    when\n          Time cron \"0 30 1 ? * MON-SUN *\"\n    then\n          lightIteration = 0\n          postUpdate(Outside_Light_Switch, OFF)\n    end\n\nThe rules above are fairly self-explaining: I use a time based trigger to check light values every two minutes from 3 p.m. till midnight, then I use a counter to wait at least n minutes (4 minutes in the example above) before switching on the lights. 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