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SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoCan you run an automatic chicken door with that? Last time I looked, DIY arduino was the way, but a zwave mechanism with homeassistant automation sounds excellent.
zerodawn@leaf.dance 1 month ago
When i say that imagination is the limit i mean it. I ordered some car seat pressure sensors and soldered them to either end of a door contact sensor and put them under our couch cushions. Now i have a battery powered, zigbee based, way to override the motion based automation if we’re on the couch. The lights stay on if we’re too still or they stay off if we’re napping and a pet walks in.
I watched a video where a guy used meshtastic to reach the back of his property and those radios can run on solar.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Cool! But why stop there?
Add automation to the sensors that turn on the disco lights when there’s couch nookie goin’ on!