The DIN-IPC series components for installation in low panelboards can also be deployed for today's popular smart home applications. Not only can they be used to control advanced components such as heat storage tanks, ventilation and heat recovery systems or heat pumps, but they can also be used for basic functions such as room temperature measurement, light control, heating control, etc. There is no need to write a special app for this, just a connection to, for example, Home Assistant.
Firmware is available for the IPC-CPUF407 automation controller module, which connects to the MQTT broker and sends the status of digital and analog inputs, while digital outputs can be controlled via MQTT. It also supports MQTT Discovery for the Home Assistant platform, so it automatically reports as another device with all inputs and outputs. Automation in Home Assistant can then be used for higher functionality. So there is no need to write special firmware for home control. The module automatically finds connected sub-modules with digital inputs and outputs and analog inputs and promotes them as sensors and switches.
The IPC-CPUM8 automation computer module can then be used as a ready-made solution directly for smart home control. It allows you to run the Linux operating system together with Home Assistant and thus become the heart of the smart home instead of the often used Raspberry computer, which is only supplied as a separate board. While there are DIN rail mounting boxes for it, the pins are impractically sideways and the connectors are not rugged industrial grade. In contrast, DIN-IPC modules fit into a rack-mounted solution with the option of powering the with module power supplies and using relays or contactors to control power components.