Distant management is a marvel of the age, we press a button, and one thing occurs as if by magic. However what occurs if there isn’t a distant management, and as a substitute an actual bodily button have to be pressed? [What Up TK Here], who common Hackaday readers may simply acknowledge, had simply this downside, and made a distant management button presser.
It’s a 3D printed body which we’re informed is designed for a selected merchandise, on prime of which is mounted a passion servo. Rotating the servo brings the lever down on the button, and the job is completed. On the person finish there’s a button in a printed enclosure that’s positively not a knock-off of a widely known franchise from a notoriously litigious console firm.
That is all good, however the curiosity for different tasks lies in the way it works. It’s utilizing a pair of ESP32 microcontrollers, and as a substitute of connecting to an current WiFi community it’s utilizing ESP-NOW for simplicity and low latency. This can be a good utility for the protocol, however as we’ve seen, it’s helpful for lots extra than simply button urgent.
