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Can it automate a cutout of Michael Jordan attached to a model train set?

• jeroenhd 2y ago
  You jest, but with an ESP32 flashed with ESPHome and a few dollars of electronics to regulate the power, I think controlling model trains would actually be quite doable. Your biggest challenge is probably dealing with network/scripting latency for events that need to happen in quick succession, like when dealing with switches. Or, if you consider Lego DUPLO trains to be model trains, there's this: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/lego-duplo-train-control-with-esphome/637816/21 https://community.home-assistant.io/t/lego-duplo-train-contr... Edit: there's also this https://github.com/aaron9589/esphome-for-model-railroading https://github.com/aaron9589/esphome-for-model-railroading for the more serious model railroad enthusiast, though I'm not 100% sure if that actually controls the trains themselves (or just the switches and lights)
  • shimon 2y ago
    In many cases, a simple off-the-shelf smart plug would suffice.
    • ewoodrich 2y ago
      That's why I try as hard as I can to find either truly "dumb" devices with mechanical switches vs momentary buttons or devices that remember their last state after A/C power is restored. Hard to figure out the second option though without trying it unless a review happens to mention it specifically.
  • sofixa 2y ago
    Awesome. The Home Assistant and related (ESPHome, Voice Assistant, Music Assistanc) communities are amazing and there is just a crazy amount of projects one can just pick up and use.
• moandcompany 2y ago
  It could also automate ordering pizza delivery and the tipping process to "Keep the change, ya filthy animal"
  • paradox460 2y ago
    There's a dominoes pizza integration in home assistant
• paradox460 2y ago
  There are dcc systems that run on Arduino or raspberry pi, and expose an API interface. Could control one via home assistant