After a long time, another post! We have been to 4 states on the west coast of America for almost 4 weeks, after that a pneumonia kept me from doing stuff.
Slowly, I started finishing my Workshop/Lab for my new business. So I didn’t have many things to post about. So now I’ll post something about this Home Assistant solution, because there was not a decent post to be found about this solution.
Some history: A long time ago I made a 4 button 4 led controller with my friend Duncan. At that time we were using Domoticz, and used a NodeMcu with ESP Easy to read the button states and made the leds act as status lights.
This is made using a NodeMCU (8266) but ESP32, Wemos, whatever will work also. We wanted to repurpose the old NodeMCU, instead of building a new one.
So Migrating to Home Assistant: How to install ESPHome is easy to find on the internet.
Below is an example for 4 push buttons which TOGGLE a Home Assistant entity. And the LEDs will give a feedback of the state of an entity.
Note: There is 1 out of 4 configured like that. The other ones are generic. One button toggles my shelly lab ledlight, and lights up a led when toggled!
My C64 had a problem with previous attached speaker. It drew too much current to drive. And random characters where printed. Choosing another speaker and a minimal amplifier solved the issue. (Thanks to Bigred finding the problem at Bornhack 2024)
Today I made a Linux version of Tyrone’s QuickPath tool.
My friend Tyrone came up with a great idea.
A directory switching tool, to move around in often used directories. You can use a keyword to move around. These keywords are configured in a config file. Even starting Total Commander with preset directories. Work/Private/Programming environments. His version uses PowerShell, but he wanted a multiplatform version, so we have chosen to use Python on both environments.
My version uses Python and Bash. (Bash is used for a change directory workaround on Linux and bash completion.)
Source will be in Tyrone’s git when finished.
Options:
qp – lists config items with number and short key
qp 1 or qp c64demo – changes directory to below example
qp add c64demo /data/store/git/projects/c64code2024 – add a entry
qp del 1 – removes entry
qp mc tmp c64demo – starts midnight commander with left and right directories
Tomorrow some laser cutting, so let’s design some things to cut.
Jigsaw test – using engraving and cutting
Make a front for my bus manipulator
Make some cases for the game controllers (These are beta, and will be 3D printed at a later stage. My old 3D printer is slow)
Saw a cool game a while ago, and found some old code. There was no schematic, so I had to reverse engineer it using the Arduino code. This one uses a Micro Pro.
Build a working version, now I can use this as base to create other games. But first i’m going to rebuild it so it can use Wifi and uses a Lipo Battery. Making it usable without wires.
Rotary – set angle/speed (Press resets)
Blue – toggle angle or speed ( was rotary press )
Green – select digit to change
Red – Fire
Led – not completely working yet, shows color of player Wil be changed to addressable leds with more functions (Player color, energy warning and more)
Last week I bought an old Bornhack Badge. I thought it needed a display.
Using a SSD1306 display, and Circuitpython I made this.
( Wooded thingy contains an RFID chip ( Part of my player ))
Library and files needed:
font5x8.bin in root of filesystem ( just google for this file )
copy of adafruit_framebuf.mpy in /lib
copy of adafruit_ssd1306.mpy in /lib
Code: (midway some pixel examples, just uncomment)
import board
from time import sleep
import busio
from PN7150 import PN7150
import adafruit_ssd1306
import math
import adafruit_framebuf
if True:
# Fast 400KHz I2C
i2c = busio.I2C(board.SCL, board.SDA, frequency = 400000)
else:
# Regular 100kHz I2C
i2c = board.I2C()
WIDTH = 32
HEIGHT = 8
buffer = bytearray(round(WIDTH * math.ceil(HEIGHT / 8)))
fb = adafruit_framebuf.FrameBuffer(
buffer, WIDTH, HEIGHT, buf_format=adafruit_framebuf.MVLSB
)
nfc = PN7150(i2c, board.IRQ, board.VEN)
display = adafruit_ssd1306.SSD1306_I2C(128, 32, i2c,addr=0x3c)
assert nfc.connect()
print("Connected.")
assert nfc.modeRW()
print("Switched to read/write mode.")
display.fill(0)
display.show()
#display.fill(0)
#display.text('Hello', 0, 0, 1 )
#display.text('World', 0, 10, 1)
#display.show()
# Set a pixel in the origin 0,0 position.
#display.pixel(0, 0, 1)
# Set a pixel in the middle 64, 16 position.
#display.pixel(64, 16, 1)
# Set a pixel in the opposite 127, 31 position.
#display.pixel(127, 31, 1)
#display.show()
while True:
display.fill(0)
display.text('Waiting for card', 0, 0, 1 )
display.show()
assert nfc.startDiscoveryRW()
print("Waiting for card..")
card = nfc.waitForCard()
assert nfc.stopDiscovery()
print("ID: {}".format(card.nfcid1()))
id = card.nfcid1()
display.text(id, 0, 10, 1 )
display.show()
sleep(0.5)
Not sure about display i2c address? Use below code
import time
import board
import busio
# List of potential I2C busses
ALL_I2C = ("board.I2C()",)
# Determine which busses are valid
found_i2c = []
for name in ALL_I2C:
try:
print("Checking {}...".format(name), end="")
bus = eval(name)
bus.unlock()
found_i2c.append((name, bus))
print("ADDED.")
except Exception as e:
print("SKIPPED:", e)
# Scan valid busses
if len(found_i2c):
print("-" * 40)
print("I2C SCAN")
print("-" * 40)
while True:
for bus_info in found_i2c:
name = bus_info[0]
bus = bus_info[1]
while not bus.try_lock():
pass
print(
name,
"addresses found:",
[hex(device_address) for device_address in bus.scan()],
)
bus.unlock()
time.sleep(2)
else:
print("No valid I2C bus found.")
Recordplayer model by kriswillcode, but heavily remixed
Record player is going to be re-printed at a higher quality.
Put a printed image on the player, and it plays the album
Move the arm, and the next track will be played
Press upper white button, and the music will pause/resume
Press lower button … ??? Don’t know yet
Updated python client (see previous posts)
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
import urllib.request
from time import sleep
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc): # The callback for when the client connects to the broker
print("Connected with result code {0}".format(str(rc)))
client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/idlms")
client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/but1")
client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/but2")
client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/arm")
def on_message(client, userdata, msg): # The callback for when a PUBLISH message is received from the server.
print("Message received-> " + msg.topic + " " + str(msg.payload)) # Print a received msg
if msg.topic == "spotify/rfid/idlms":
urllib.request.urlopen("http://LMS-SERVER-IP:9000/anyurl?p0=playlistcontrol&p1=album_id:" + msg.payload.decode() + "&p2=cmd:load&player=00:04:20:16:d9:04")
if msg.topic == "spotify/rfid/but1":
urllib.request.urlopen("http://LMS-SERVER-IP:9000/anyurl?p0=pause&player=00:04:20:16:d9:04")
sleep(1)
if msg.topic == "spotify/rfid/but2":
urllib.request.urlopen("http://LMS-SERVER-IP:9000/anyurl?p0=pause&pt=1&player=00:04:20:16:d9:04")
sleep(1)
if msg.topic == "spotify/rfid/arm":
urllib.request.urlopen("http://LMS-SERVER-IP:9000/status.html?p0=button&p1=jump_fwd&player=00:04:20:16:d9:04")
sleep(1)
client = mqtt.Client("lmsclient") # Create instance of client with client ID βdigi_mqtt_testβ
client.on_connect = on_connect # Define callback function for successful connection
client.on_message = on_message # Define callback function for receipt of a message
client.connect('MQTTSERVER', 1883)
client.loop_forever() # Start daemon
Wemos INO file
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MFRC522.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include <PubSubClient.h>
#define SS_PIN 15
#define RST_PIN 0
const int buttonPin1 = D1;
const int buttonPin2 = D2;
int buttonState1 = 0;
int buttonState2 = 0;
MFRC522 mfrc522(SS_PIN, RST_PIN);
MFRC522::StatusCode status; //variable to get card status
byte buffer[18]; //data transfer buffer (16+2 bytes data+CRC)
byte size = sizeof(buffer);
uint8_t pageAddr = 0x06; //In this example we will write/read 16 bytes (page 6,7,8 and 9).
//Ultraligth mem = 16 pages. 4 bytes per page.
//Pages 0 to 4 are for special functions.
unsigned long cardId = 0;
WiFiClient net;
PubSubClient client(net);
const char* mqtt_server = "MQTTBROKER";
const char* ssid = "MYSSID";
const char* password = "MYWIFIPASWORD";
String topicStr = "";
byte buffer2[8];
boolean Rflag=false;
int r_len;
char payload[5];
byte value[5];
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(buttonPin1, INPUT_PULLUP);
pinMode(buttonPin2, INPUT_PULLUP );
SPI.begin();
mfrc522.PCD_Init();
WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
client.setServer(mqtt_server, 1883);
delay(100);
client.setCallback(callback);
delay(100);
client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/in/#");
}
void reconnect() {
while (WiFi.waitForConnectResult() != WL_CONNECTED) {
}
while (!client.connected()) {
String clientId = "rfid-";
clientId += String(random(0xffff), HEX);
if (!client.connect(clientId.c_str(), "rfidclient", "...")) {
delay(5000);
}
}
client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/in/#");
}
void callback(char* topic, byte* payload, unsigned int length) {
Serial.print(F("Called"));
Rflag=true; //will use in main loop
r_len=length; //will use in main loop
int j=0;
for (j;j<length;j++) {
buffer2[j]=payload[j];
//Serial.print((char)payload[j]);
}
if (r_len < 3) {
Rflag=false;
Serial.print(F("Set false"));
}
buffer2[j]='\0'; //terminate string
}
void loop() {
if (!client.connected()) {
reconnect();
}
buttonState1 = digitalRead(buttonPin1);
//Serial.print(buttonState1);
if (buttonState1 == 0 ) {
client.publish("spotify/rfid/but1", "0");
}
buttonState2 = digitalRead(buttonPin2);
//Serial.println(buttonState2);
if (buttonState2 == 0 ) {
client.publish("spotify/rfid/but2", "0");
}
int reading = analogRead(0);
//Serial.println(reading);
if (reading > 500 ) {
client.publish("spotify/rfid/arm", "0");
}
client.loop();
if (!mfrc522.PICC_IsNewCardPresent()) {
return;
}
if (!mfrc522.PICC_ReadCardSerial()) {
return;
}
if (Rflag) {
for (int i=0; i < 4; i++) {
//data is writen in blocks of 4 bytes (4 bytes per page)
status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.MIFARE_Ultralight_Write(pageAddr+i, &buffer2[i*4], 4);
if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
return;
}
}
Rflag=false;
}
cardId = getCardId();
char buffer3[10];
sprintf(buffer3, "%lu", cardId);
client.publish("spotify/rfid/id", buffer3);
status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.MIFARE_Read(pageAddr, buffer, &size);
if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
Serial.println(F("MIFARE_Read() failed: (R)"));
Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
return;
}
Serial.println(F("Read data: "));
for (byte i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
Serial.write(buffer[i]);
buffer2[i]=buffer[i];
}
client.publish("spotify/rfid/idlms", buffer,5);
delay(1000);
mfrc522.PICC_HaltA();
}
unsigned long getCardId() {
byte readCard[4];
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
readCard[i] = mfrc522.uid.uidByte[i];
}
return (unsigned long)readCard[0] << 24
| (unsigned long)readCard[1] << 16
| (unsigned long)readCard[2] << 8
| (unsigned long)readCard[3];
}
Get image from below url. Note! .. its a static non refreshing image!
http://192.168.1.2/album_art.cgi
Note: This gives me a file which shows fine in a browser, but being a http feed you cannot embed this in a https site. Another ‘problem’ with this image is that it includes headers, rendering this a invalid jpg when processing! (remove first 3 lines programmatically) I also want to have it updated, so I could make a mjpeg streamer for this. Probably i’m going to use my reverse proxy which uses SSL offloading to access cover art over https. (Then I can push this cover image on this webblog so you guys can see what we are listing to)
Another idea is to push this to an arduino display.
Not using https?
You can embed the album art in a dashboard. This won’t refresh, but the added time code will stop caching problems.