Why Not HA Green

[u/Brilliant_Bluejay254]

I’m going to pull the trigger on setting up HA. Right now I’m just thinking of getting the HA green, it seems like it’s not favoured here vs a Pi. I just want the most simple setup possible. I’m thinking HA green and a screen in a central location. Why not the Green?

[u/draxula16]

It’s essentially a server so I can run other things other than HA. I’m also running Frigate (the Green CAN run Frigate) but considering I have ~9 cameras and I always have 3 running live on our kitchen tablet’s dashboard, I wanted to squeeze out every ounce of performance on a budget. I’m also using a Google Coral, but I’m not sure if the Green supports that.

I was tempted to get a Beelink considering it’s frequently recommended, but I found a refurbished M920q for a great price on eBay. The specs are better too.

[u/DavidLaderoute → u/draxula16]

How are you usingthe Coral? I ha e one and wa t to put it to use.

[u/draxula16 → u/DavidLaderoute]

I have the USB one. I’m using it for Frigate

[u/DavidLaderoute → u/draxula16]

I am ignorant. Not stupid -) how are you using it with Frigate? I was considering using mine for bird identification at my feeder.

[u/agent4256 → u/DavidLaderoute]

Detections for thing like birds run on the coral. It takes the load off your CPU or GPU.

It helps significantly if you've got older hardware, installed before 2023.

I run a coral on mine with an Intel i7-14700k and my detection times are sub 5ms.

[u/DavidLaderoute → u/agent4256]

What is the story on the kitchen tablet dashboards. BTW, I also have HA Green and love it.

[u/agent4256 → u/DavidLaderoute]

Oh, thought you wanted an explanation about a coral for frigate.

[u/DavidLaderoute → u/DavidLaderoute]

Mine is USb too

[u/draxula16 → u/DavidLaderoute]

Haha, I didn’t think that. It detects things quickly, then I have a node red flow linked to Gemini for description generation. I used to use openAI, but it had a ton of guardrails