Is a raspberry Pi needed for a basic openHAB environment

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
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hello,
I have recently started playing around with openHAB, I just want to create a simple environment where you can add and remove devices, see data that is being passed through the platform, live weather data, (this can be from when I boot up the runtime) is a raspberry Pi necessary for what I am doing?

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What are you running openhab on currently?
If your existing openhab is adequate then you don’t need anything else.

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I’ve just downloaded all of the packages advised on the download section on the openHAB website for Windows. The platform only needs to be used for a demonstration to show it can connect multiple different devices and you can add and remove them when needed.

Thanks James

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You will only need a Raspberry Pi if you plan to use Raspberry specific features, like controlling something via the Raspberries GPIO pins. Unless you have a need for this you can continue to run OpenHAB on your Windows platform.

Most users who use a Raspberry Pi as a small Linux server for OpenHAB do this because it’s low energy consumption.