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chybbyon Ask HN: What have you built with ESPHome, ESP8266 or similar hardware

I used an ESP8266 to build an air conditioning "remote" that I can control with my Home Assistant setup. I was pretty surprised when I moved and it still worked at the new apartment.

I also bought some LED matrix displays that I'm going to use to display information about when trains are due at my nearby station.

chybbyon Building a USB SNES Controller

Thanks for teaching me about SPI, I might have a play around and see if I can get that working.

chybbyon Building a USB SNES Controller

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

chybbyon Building a USB SNES Controller

Have fun!

chybbyon Building a USB SNES Controller

The way I saw it, I'd rather have a memento of the past that I can actually use than one that will sit around in a drawer.

chybbyon Building a USB SNES Controller

Thanks for the tip to turn off interrupts when working with precise timing!

chybbyon Building a USB SNES Controller

I had a feeling the polling rate was probably to do with the frame rate of the SNES rather than some requirement of the controller. I'll try out a higher polling rate and see what happens.

chybbyon I am the fifth dimension

The things you know about when you listen to Neil Cicierega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzQ-ZFSQic