You must be expert!

Based on what? The number of attacks you see thwarted by the shiny new update?

I’d say you keep at least one out-of-date honeypot, so you can get some hard data on how important those ai «updates» are

You need bees to get potatoes?

I would probably go with a microcontroller and something like this: https://learn.adafruit.com/emc2101-fan-controller-and-temperature-sensor/overview But your orange pi can drive it too

https://www.komplett.no/product/1324158/pc-tilbehoer/stasjonaer-pc/asus-nuc-14-essential-n150

Vi bruker mengder av disse som avspillere for infoskjermer. Har brukt intel sine også, kjørt linux på de siden 2016.