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ESP32-C6 devices, small cheap microcontrollers - Creating Software to Flash onto them - Screens and Touch Screens - YouTube Tutorial for what is possible - Buying them from Amazon - Adding Reactions, Comments and Web Mentions to Taylor's Website - Pulling content from Strava etc. - Scope Creep - Adding Emoji

Waveshare ESP32 -C6 - a small low-cost, low-power system on a chip microcontroller with WiFi and Bluetooth It has a 1.47" screen, and needs USB C plugged in for power Claude was then given access and it flashed the software I designed onto it Spark Graph to see  Solar Generation vs House Load Also purchased an ESP32 JC243W328C 2.8" touchscreen Printed 3D cases for both of them - once again no battery so needs plugging in Small one was used for Solar Generation details at a glance Larger one for a Dashboard of sorts that shows me Home Assistant details Showing main details for the rooms in the house and the family members that are in or out They can be programmed to show whatever you need or want YouTube video that started me off - https://youtu.be/Zvb01TRY6UY ESP32-C6, 1.47" screen on Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DS9VSD9W ESP32 - 2.8" touch screen - JC2432W328C - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5H84RDB ESP32-S3 Round Touch Display - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMJZPH2R Reactions, Comments and Web mentions on Taylor's Website 23 Days work - the scope keep changing and expanding Adding emoji, likes and mentions to each activity Pulling in from other apps around the web like Strava etc. Thinking through mentioning other people or articles, including his own Scope creep is not normally great for developers Go take a look to see on his website: https://taylordrayson.com   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

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