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0 pointsstevekemp7y ago0 comments

I did a similar thing, via an esp8266 device and a vibration sensor!

I also automated the display of tram-departures from the tram-stop next to my house with similar hardware.

Otherwise I setup some "wireless buttons" to trigger alerts/actions on my Linux desktop system, and record local temperature/humidity into a time-series database for tracking purposes.

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spuz7y ago

What kind of display did you use for the tram-stop times? I wanted to do something similar but worked out that the cost to update the display every minute was too much in terms of battery life even with an epaper display. Also, it was too inconvenient / ugly to use mains power.

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BrandoElFollito7y ago

Which buttons did you use?

I was wondering about that as well but I only found the Amazon ones, which either need tricky operations to be usable (the brand-oriented dash ones) or expensive (the Amazon IoT (eom dash button) for 25 eur).

Surprisingly I did not find one on AliExpress

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