This post talks about Lagarto, an open automation platform developed for panStamps, running on the Raspberry PI under Debian Wheezy:
http://www.panstamp.com/announcements/l ... aspberrypi
For this application, the Raspberry PI acts as an embedded controller (with embedded web server) cntrolling and reading a wireless network of low-power motes, sensing temperatures, humidities and binarry presses and controlling relays, dimmers and RGB LED strips.
Regards,
Daniel.