flip

Switch on a RGB LED (e.g. Slack=Green ; SublimeText=Red ; Word=Orange) following...
- option1, the current user window
- option2, the skype status (away, busy, available, in a meeting, presenting...)
- option3, manually with a physical button

Application information

Install

• Order all the things (Wemos, stripes, button, RGB led, ...)
• Print 3D models (globe & boxes)
• Put the whole together
• Connect the Wemos using a micro USB cable to your laptop
• Upload the .ino code (adapt with your WiFi credentials)
• Unplug from your laptop and connnect somewhere visible on top of your office
• Launch the program on your laptop (it will create an MQTT connection and send data to the wemos)
• Enjoy

Launch

OSX

First install dependencies

sudo easy_install pip *(or sudo -E easy_install pip if you are behind a proxy)*
sudo pip install paho-mqtt *(or sudo pip --proxy http://proxy:8080 install paho-mqtt)*

Now, run the script

python run.py

Physical device

• 1x Wemos
• 1x LED RGB
• 1x Push button
• 1x Micro USB power supply

Connections

Experimentation

experimentation...

3D Printing

• Box for Nodemcu

Useful links

• Github | MQTT-ESP8266-CLOUDMQTT.COM/example.ino

Licence

MIT © Joey Bronner