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fun stuff... use cases? here is a couple... 1. profile location switching. pin 1 on/off = work/away - switch system configs appropriately. 2. desktop workspac

fun stuff... use cases? here is a couple... 1. profile location switching. pin 1 on/off = work/away - switch system configs appropriately. 2. desktop workspaces, flipping pin 2 on enables workspace switching. pin 3 and 4 control workspace number. What else?

bobsmooth 5y ago
This could be useful for conferencing on the go. Toggle switches for webcam, mic, mute, uhh...different channels?
adamrmcd 5y ago
A form of two-factor authentication? (Something you have + something you know.) Simply set the value to match a rotating 8-bit token and plug-in to login :)
c0nsumer 5y ago
With this sort of switch you have to worry about the lifecycle of the switch. They aren't meant to be toggled routinely. For the mentioned DIP switch (https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/5461.pdf https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/5461.pdf) it's basically assured it'll be fine through 1000 cycles, and likely dead at 10,000. 1000 cycles is only ~3x/day for a year.
tenebrisalietum 5y ago
Integrate with Linux bootloader / boot process. pin 0 on = normal boot, pin 0 off = single user mode. pin 1 on = GRUB interactive screen enabled, pin 1 off = GRUB interactive screen disabled.
- netsharc 5y ago
  Same idea but a switch: https://hackaday.io/project/179539-hardware-boot-selection-switch https://hackaday.io/project/179539-hardware-boot-selection-s...
- helpm33 5y ago
  I had something like that hanging off a parallel port in a PC in 1990; it read the status bits of a printer port and booted accordingly. Could still do it today, via a $1 USB serial port's status bits.
hatware 5y ago
Could be useful with home assistant in a lot of ways, though your use cases kind of cover them.
elihu 5y ago
addblock on/off, javascript on/off, vpn on/off, qwerty/dvorak, default editor is vim/emacs, indentation is tabs/spaces, the dress is blue and black / white and gold, fund police/defund police, those are/aren't the droids we're looking for
- bsima 5y ago
  to be/not to be
rpastuszak 5y ago
: w q ! 1 2 3 4

bobsmooth 5y ago

This could be useful for conferencing on the go. Toggle switches for webcam, mic, mute, uhh...different channels?

adamrmcd 5y ago

A form of two-factor authentication? (Something you have + something you know.) Simply set the value to match a rotating 8-bit token and plug-in to login :)

c0nsumer 5y ago

With this sort of switch you have to worry about the lifecycle of the switch. They aren't meant to be toggled routinely. For the mentioned DIP switch (https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/5461.pdf https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/5461.pdf) it's basically assured it'll be fine through 1000 cycles, and likely dead at 10,000. 1000 cycles is only ~3x/day for a year.

tenebrisalietum 5y ago

Integrate with Linux bootloader / boot process. pin 0 on = normal boot, pin 0 off = single user mode. pin 1 on = GRUB interactive screen enabled, pin 1 off = GRUB interactive screen disabled.

netsharc 5y ago
Same idea but a switch: https://hackaday.io/project/179539-hardware-boot-selection-switch https://hackaday.io/project/179539-hardware-boot-selection-s...
helpm33 5y ago
I had something like that hanging off a parallel port in a PC in 1990; it read the status bits of a printer port and booted accordingly. Could still do it today, via a $1 USB serial port's status bits.

hatware 5y ago

Could be useful with home assistant in a lot of ways, though your use cases kind of cover them.

elihu 5y ago

addblock on/off, javascript on/off, vpn on/off, qwerty/dvorak, default editor is vim/emacs, indentation is tabs/spaces, the dress is blue and black / white and gold, fund police/defund police, those are/aren't the droids we're looking for

bsima 5y ago
to be/not to be

rpastuszak 5y ago

: w q ! 1 2 3 4