Casey Liss

Well, still, and to be fair, I believe they are sponsoring a future episode of the show. But one way or another, I could do this on the terminal, I think. I'm pretty sure I could. But what I kind of want to do is I want to take the space that a light switch would take up, and I want to have three LEDs there.

Well, still, and to be fair, I believe they are sponsoring a future episode of the show. But one way or another, I could do this on the terminal, I think. I'm pretty sure I could. But what I kind of want to do is I want to take the space that a light switch would take up, and I want to have three LEDs there.

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Maybe I should go that route. No, I mean, again, I know you're making fun of me. And truth be told, if I was on the receiving end of this conversation, I would make fun of you as well. But I think it would be neat to have like two or three LEDs that will show like the state of things that I really, really care about. If you know how to read them. If you know how to read them.

Maybe I should go that route. No, I mean, again, I know you're making fun of me. And truth be told, if I was on the receiving end of this conversation, I would make fun of you as well. But I think it would be neat to have like two or three LEDs that will show like the state of things that I really, really care about. If you know how to read them. If you know how to read them.

One of them is whether or not Aaron's car is actively charging, whether or not the garage door is open, and whether or not the mail has been delivered. Because I think we talked about in a past show, yeah, we did talk about with my ridiculous setup out in my mailbox. I've also gone deep into the Yolink world. And so now that's been integrated into Home Assistant, et cetera, et cetera.

One of them is whether or not Aaron's car is actively charging, whether or not the garage door is open, and whether or not the mail has been delivered. Because I think we talked about in a past show, yeah, we did talk about with my ridiculous setup out in my mailbox. I've also gone deep into the Yolink world. And so now that's been integrated into Home Assistant, et cetera, et cetera.

But I think those three LEDs, and what I want to do is like John described, not literally replacing a light switch, but in the same kind of setup. I can envision in my mind three of these LEDs in the spot where a light switch could be, and they will illuminate based on presumably like an Arduino, or maybe if I had the physical space to fit the Pi Zero in there, which I probably wouldn't.

But I think those three LEDs, and what I want to do is like John described, not literally replacing a light switch, but in the same kind of setup. I can envision in my mind three of these LEDs in the spot where a light switch could be, and they will illuminate based on presumably like an Arduino, or maybe if I had the physical space to fit the Pi Zero in there, which I probably wouldn't.

But I don't know. I can't figure out a graceful way to do this because presumably if I were to literally replace a light switch, which I don't plan to do, but for the sake of conversation, if I were to replace a light switch, I would have power there, but not in the way I would want. You know, that's not like an AC outlet is in a, you know, junction box behind the light switch.

But I don't know. I can't figure out a graceful way to do this because presumably if I were to literally replace a light switch, which I don't plan to do, but for the sake of conversation, if I were to replace a light switch, I would have power there, but not in the way I would want. You know, that's not like an AC outlet is in a, you know, junction box behind the light switch.

There's, there's, you know, 120 volts back there or whatever, 110 volts back there.

There's, there's, you know, 120 volts back there or whatever, 110 volts back there.

It would match my mailbox perfectly. But what I'm driving at is, is there some sort of, you know, LED, a controllable LED, preferably from either Home Assistant or like an Arduino or something like that, wherein I could turn one to three LEDs on or off as I see fit. And I don't think I want a single one because multiple things could be happening at the same time.

It would match my mailbox perfectly. But what I'm driving at is, is there some sort of, you know, LED, a controllable LED, preferably from either Home Assistant or like an Arduino or something like that, wherein I could turn one to three LEDs on or off as I see fit. And I don't think I want a single one because multiple things could be happening at the same time.

that's also fair but the problem is like how do i power the arduino where do i physically put it and so i i think there's probably a more graceful solution to this which probably is the terminal but a more graceful solution to this um that that i'm not thinking of so eric gave me a couple ideas like he had suggested um i think it's called nano leaf the the like tiles you can stick on the wall which he knew isn't exactly what i wanted but it's in the vicinity of what i want um

that's also fair but the problem is like how do i power the arduino where do i physically put it and so i i think there's probably a more graceful solution to this which probably is the terminal but a more graceful solution to this um that that i'm not thinking of so eric gave me a couple ideas like he had suggested um i think it's called nano leaf the the like tiles you can stick on the wall which he knew isn't exactly what i wanted but it's in the vicinity of what i want um

But I presume there's some other options that I'm not thinking of. So if you have something like that that you've done or that you're thinking of, please reach out to me on either email or Mastodon, let me know, because I would love to have some suggestions.

But I presume there's some other options that I'm not thinking of. So if you have something like that that you've done or that you're thinking of, please reach out to me on either email or Mastodon, let me know, because I would love to have some suggestions.