Dashboard on Raspberry Pi combined with Dakboard/browser

[Oyvind_Lilleberg]

Hi,

I have an old computer screen on the kitchen with a Raspberry Pi connected that is currently showing a Dakboard calendar with all the family events. In a long time I have wanted a dashboard for some of the flows and showcasing insights and stuff from the devices in Homey.

This is a project thats currently on ice since I cant find a solution with perfect wife acceptance factor. The screen with the Dakboard is great, and a must for the family.

Recently i noticed the possibility to install an Android OS on a Raspberry Pi and then install the Homey app on this. So I started thinking if it is possible to combine this to solutions in the same screen.

Say I install the Android OS on my Pi and showing this on the screen in the kitchen with a mouse connected. Then I can make the dashboard I want to and contoll this with the mouse. But as default I want the screen to show the Dakboard calendar. This calendar can be shown in any browser as long as I have the specific URL to it.

Is it possible to make a flow in Homey that switches between the Homey app, and a browser app in fullscreen on the Raspberry Pi with Android OS? And run this flow with a mini button thats next to the screen? Then the screen can show the calendar by default all the time, and when you want to access the dashboard you only press the mini button. And as soon as you are finished with this you press the button again to go back to the calendar. It would also be nice to turn off the screen/raspberry Pi on nighttime and when we’re not at home.

Anyone know if this is even possible before I start playing around with it?

[Peter_Kawa]

I’m not familiar with Dakboard, but if it is an app or web application, you could use Fully Browser.
This app can control lots of stuff, like starting different apps.
You can control it with Homey flows per Dashboard Controller app.

[Undertaker]

If you already have a Raspi running, you could consider installing Home Assistant on the Raspi. HA has much more comprehensive dashboards and also includes a calendar.
All Homey devices can be transferred to HA via MQTT and are then available for dashboards.
Admittedly, it’s a lot of work, but it even allows for live images from cameras. All dashboards can be accessed via URL.

Example:

[Oyvind_Lilleberg]

Did some testing with this on my Samsung phone. Looks like this is a great solution.

The question then is how responsive it would be with the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. Anyone did some testing on this? Is the hardware good enough?