{"id":14554,"date":"2016-04-13T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14554"},"modified":"2017-03-16T20:39:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T19:39:42","slug":"control-your-terrarium-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-energenie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14554","title":{"rendered":"Control your terrarium with a Raspberry Pi and Energenie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnivorousplants.co.uk\/resources\/raspberry-pi-terrarium-controller\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/finished-terrarium.jpg?resize=560%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/finished-terrarium.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/finished-terrarium.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/finished-terrarium.jpg?resize=768%2C422&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/finished-terrarium.jpg?resize=560%2C307&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/finished-terrarium.jpg?resize=260%2C143&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/finished-terrarium.jpg?resize=160%2C88&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terrarium\" target=\"_blank\">terrarium<\/a>\u00a0really is a beautiful thing. Tom Bennet has placed a temperature sensor inside his terrarium box and then hooked up a Raspberry Pi to it. The Pi controls an Energenie home automation switch to maintain the environment inside. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnivorousplants.co.uk\/resources\/raspberry-pi-terrarium-controller\/\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look at how he did it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A terrarium\u00a0really is a beautiful thing. Tom Bennet has placed a temperature sensor inside his terrarium box and then hooked up a Raspberry Pi to it. The Pi controls an Energenie home automation switch to maintain the environment inside. 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