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Home Made Raspberry Pi Standing Desk Controller

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Re: Home Made Raspberry Pi Standing Desk Controller

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Post by beachy »

mdorazio wrote: post #6

I have to ask this most of the time I see an r-pi project: why r-pi instead of ESP8266 for something this simple?

I've just been on this same journey building a sensor for the level in our home water tanks.

I started with a raspberry pi, but then discovered esp32 with an lcd display for just a few bucks https://www.amazon.com/LILYGO-T-Display-Bluetooth-Developmen....

Re: Home Made Raspberry Pi Standing Desk Controller

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Post by entropie »

karlshea wrote: post #7
mdorazio wrote: post #6

I have to ask this most of the time I see an r-pi project: why r-pi instead of ESP8266 for something this simple?

I’ve never heard of the ESP8266, but I have heard of (and used, for several projects) the RPi. That’s probably the reason for a lot of people.

If you want to do things that need an OS use RPI, if you want read/transfer sensor data or control basic servos esp8266 is a joy to work with. There are plenty of others, arduino is maybe more known as buzzword for microcontrollers.

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Post by tomahony »

e28eta wrote: post #5

I love the idea of accidentally leaving a shoe (or whatever) underneath the height sensor and being confused about why the desk moves to the wrong height... Clever though!

Haha, this has happened a few times. Especially if I move the chair that I've been sitting on out of the way toward the sensor.

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Post by flak48 »

mdorazio wrote: post #6

I have to ask this most of the time I see an r-pi project: why r-pi instead of ESP8266 for something this simple?

Faster prototyping, I can ssh into a RasPi wirelessly and control the gpio via my terminal like a REPL, for the ESP I need to keep flashing newer firmware and control it via USB to serial. Feels a bit clunkier although not a huge difference.

If I were making and selling some IoT hardware or if I wanted to re-use the RasPi for something else in my house, it would definitely make sense to move to an ESP/Arduino

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Post by sokoloff »

martin_a wrote: post #8
mdorazio wrote: post #6

I have to ask this most of the time I see an r-pi project: why r-pi instead of ESP8266 for something this simple?

Yes! Replace the ESP8266 with some Arduino clone for 3.50 € and you'll even be more beginner friendly...

Makes it harder to make it work with Homebridge/Alexa though.

Re: Home Made Raspberry Pi Standing Desk Controller

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Post by amelius »

mdorazio wrote: post #6

I have to ask this most of the time I see an r-pi project: why r-pi instead of ESP8266 for something this simple?

Because it can't be extended so much as the r-pi. Why limit yourself when you don't have to? It's like asking why one would buy a 1TB harddrive when Linux fits in a few GB.

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Post by pugworthy »

daniellarusso wrote: post #13
e28eta wrote: post #5

I love the idea of accidentally leaving a shoe (or whatever) underneath the height sensor and being confused about why the desk moves to the wrong height... Clever though!

I was thinking about a sleeping pet.

Even better would be a cat walking by and causing the whole thing to raise up suddenly :)
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