The gear we use
Everything we actually run to stream our own home into Jumboshack — the heat-pump sender, air-quality monitors, and more. Grouped by system, each with a link and a full build guide.
Geothermal heat-pump sender
A small Raspberry Pi reads your WaterFurnace over its Modbus port and streams it to your dashboard. Pick one Pi kit plus the RS-485 adapter — the rest is optional.
| CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Starter Kit (32 GB) A complete kit (board, SD, power, case) and our go-to in-stock pick right now. More than enough for the sender. | ~$110 |
| CanaKit Pi Zero 2 W Starter Kit A complete tiny Pi (SD, power, case). Plenty for the sender. (The Zero kits have been selling out — the Pi 3 B+ above is the safe pick.) | ~$40 |
| USB-to-RS485 adapter (FTDI)REQUIRED The wire into your heat pump's Modbus bus. | $10–15 |
| Cat5e patch cable (3 ft) Cut one end to tap the Aurora's AID Tool RJ-45 port. | ~$5 |
| CanaKit PiSwitch Inline power switch to cleanly power-cycle the sender. Optional. | ~$10 |
| CanaKit Pi 5 Starter Kit PRO — Turbine Black (128 GB, 8 GB RAM) Overkill for the sender, but a capable box if it'll also run other things. | ~$260 |
Air-quality monitors
WiFi Airthings monitors stream radon, CO₂, VOC, particulates, temp and humidity per room.
| Airthings View Plus (2960) The full picture: radon + CO₂ + VOC + PM2.5 + temp/humidity/pressure. | ~$330 |
| Airthings View Radon (2989) Radon-focused (+ temp/humidity), WiFi-connected. | ~$220 |
Weather stations
Have a personal weather station? Stream temperature, wind, rain, pressure and humidity into your dashboard too. These all-in-one stations pair well with Jumboshack — the weather guide shows how to connect one.
| Ambient Weather WS-2902 Affordable, popular all-in-one — wind, rain, temp, humidity, UV/solar — with WiFi and an open API. A great starting point. | see listing |
| WeatherFlow Tempest Sleek all-in-one with no moving parts (sonic wind, haptic rain) and a clean cloud API. The premium pick. | see listing |
| Ecowitt Wittboy (GW2001) 7-in-1 array with a haptic rain sensor and strong local + API access — excellent value for tinkerers. | see listing |
Computers & AI machines
Any box that can POST JSON can stream into a Custom tab — CPU, GPU, RAM, load, disk.
| NVIDIA DGX Spark Grace Blackwell desktop AI supercomputer. Stream its GPU/VRAM/RAM/load into a Custom tab. (Supply-constrained lately — the Amazon link may show unavailable; also sold via NVIDIA Marketplace, Micro Center, PNY and OEM partner systems.) | ~$4,699 |
Ready to see your home in one dashboard?
Pick your gear, follow a build guide, and stream it live.
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