A single-board computer runs a real operating system, which lets it do the jobs a microcontroller cannot: host Home Assistant, store a lot of data, handle a camera, serve a dashboard. In most setups it is the brain in the middle that the sensor nodes report to.
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- Raspberry Pi: The classic board for running Home Assistant.
- Other SBCs and mini PCs: Orange Pi, Radxa Rock, and x86 mini PCs.
- Buying guide: a computer or a microcontroller: The first fork: which job belongs to which board.
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