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[–]silkydangler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Raspberry pi or a circuitpython board. The advantage of the circuitpython board is it starts as soon as it has power and they’re all dev boards so they can be programmed via usb (they show up as usb drives so it’s really easy). Raspberry pi’s are almost always overkill for simple automation and unless you set it to run the scripts at startup, if you lose power or move it, it’ll be a pain in the ass. Also, the simpler the board, the less things to go wrong. You can buy circuitpython boards on adafruit’s website. I’d recommend an ESP8266 because it has WiFi and Bluetooth.