He’s based the build around an Arduino and started adding different chunks to the project to develop a full-featured unit. It can take your temperature (with an IR sensor…. not the hard way ...

The project wasn’t outside his scope, and he gave himself a head start by finding a commercial enclosure and cable that was originally just a showroom unit with no innards. An Arduino Pro Mini ...

While the Arduino is a default choice by many for handling simple sensor-based designs, the Raspberry Pi is often chosen for its broader range of functionalities to future-proof scalable projects.