Motivation and Early Research

Frustrated by the complex setup, persistent bugs, and Google's looming end-of-life date for the 2nd Generation Nest thermostat, I decided to take matters into my own hands. An iFixit teardown revealed the hardware was too good to become e-waste. This post details the motivation and early research behind a new project: creating a drop-in, open-source replacement board that reuses the Nest's iconic…