Show HN: Send a slack msg with AWS IoT button

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Post by katsuyan » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 5:56 AM UTC

Show HN: Send a slack msg with AWS IoT button
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Post by do5 » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 10:41 AM UTC

I'm using an IoT button as an Amazon Now Dash Button. With the Dash button, I've realized there's more times I need my Tide detergent or a pack of condoms sooner than later and luckily I'm a programmer so the IoT button made this possible it's been quite handy.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 10:41 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Send a slack msg with AWS IoT button

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Post by colinbartlett » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 12:05 PM UTC

do5 wrote: post #2

I'm using an IoT button as an Amazon Now Dash Button. With the Dash button, I've realized there's more times I need my Tide detergent or a pack of condoms sooner than later and luckily I'm a programmer so the IoT button made this possible it's been quite handy.

Is the code for that open sourced? Perhaps my biggest frustration with Dash buttons was that they were only for specific products from specific brands and it would be great to hook an IoT button to ANY product of my choosing.

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Post by egeozcan » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 12:36 PM UTC

Does anyone know of a similar product with replaceable battery that's not bound to a 3rd party?

I can come up with something myself using an Arduino and an arcade-button but I know me. I will never get around to doing it and it will never look as slick.

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Post by tyingq » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 1:01 PM UTC

egeozcan wrote: post #5

Does anyone know of a similar product with replaceable battery that's not bound to a 3rd party? I can come up with something myself using an Arduino and an arcade-button but I know me. I will never get around to doing it and it will never look as slick.

$12.37 shipped to the US for an ESP8266 with AA battery holder and button style case. Not much feedback though, and the words in the url don't match the product...so it's a bit of a dice roll.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/30-energy-saving-CC2541-ibea...

Re: Show HN: Send a slack msg with AWS IoT button

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Post by tyingq » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 1:13 PM UTC

colinbartlett wrote: post #4

do5 wrote: post #2

I'm using an IoT button as an Amazon Now Dash Button. With the Dash button, I've realized there's more times I need my Tide detergent or a pack of condoms sooner than later and luckily I'm a programmer so the IoT button made this possible it's been quite handy.

Is the code for that open sourced? Perhaps my biggest frustration with Dash buttons was that they were only for specific products from specific brands and it would be great to hook an IoT button to ANY product of my choosing.

That's what Amazon's IoT button is. A more expensive Dash button that you can control.

https://aws.amazon.com/iotbutton/

"Control", though, doesn't mean source code for the device, but rather, programmatic control over the endpoint (Lambda, etc). "You can code the button's logic in the cloud "

The first gen STM32 based Dash buttons were hackable[1], but Amazon changed to a different platform (ATMEL[2]) and locked them down.

[1]https://learn.adafruit.com/dash-hacking-bare-metal-stm32-pro...

[2]https://mpetroff.net/2016/07/new-amazon-dash-button-teardown...

Supposedly, though, you can associate your existing, regular Dash button to a different product: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/help/id=201730790

Re: Show HN: Send a slack msg with AWS IoT button

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Post by theOnliest » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 1:34 PM UTC

colinbartlett wrote: post #4

do5 wrote: post #2

I'm using an IoT button as an Amazon Now Dash Button. With the Dash button, I've realized there's more times I need my Tide detergent or a pack of condoms sooner than later and luckily I'm a programmer so the IoT button made this possible it's been quite handy.

Is the code for that open sourced? Perhaps my biggest frustration with Dash buttons was that they were only for specific products from specific brands and it would be great to hook an IoT button to ANY product of my choosing.

You could use https://metacpan.org/pod/Amazon::Dash::Button, and write your own handler in Perl using an ordinary Dash button.

Re: Show HN: Send a slack msg with AWS IoT button

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Post by Rjevski » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 2:33 PM UTC

theOnliest wrote: post #8

colinbartlett wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is the code for that open sourced? Perhaps my biggest frustration with Dash buttons was that they were only for specific products from specific brands and it would be great to hook an IoT button to ANY product of my choosing.

You could use https://metacpan.org/pod/Amazon::Dash::Button , and write your own handler in Perl using an ordinary Dash button.

But why would you ever use such an awkward language to do this task?

Re: Show HN: Send a slack msg with AWS IoT button

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Post by tyingq » Sun, Jul 30, 2017, 2:40 PM UTC

Rjevski wrote: post #9

theOnliest wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could use https://metacpan.org/pod/Amazon::Dash::Button , and write your own handler in Perl using an ordinary Dash button.

But why would you ever use such an awkward language to do this task?

Perl is actually not a bad choice for matching a Mac address, and invoking some external event. Why would it be awkward?