Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?

Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by domrdy on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:24AM (#35435049)

A Tidbyt: https://tidbyt.com/

It's next to my computer, and I use it for notifications and smaller dashboards: https://github.com/tidbyt/community

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by notelectronic on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:31AM (#35435099)

What are its power requirements?

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by kleer001 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:38AM (#35435148)

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by twiclo on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:08AM (#35435324)

Can you expand on what you use it for? What dashboards? Why do you like this more than a regular desktop notification?

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by joshschreuder on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:38AM (#35435531)

Is there anything like this but... not as nice? (and not as expensive) I wouldn't mind having something like this to mess around on but not for $180 USD

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by theshrike79 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:59AM (#35435673)

Before the pandemic I would've suggested raspi & the official raspi display. But those are damn expensive.

The second option would be any cheapo Android tablet + Kiosk browser. It lets you have any web page visible and the screen turns on at voice/motion.

Or a more ready-made option would be an Elgato Stream Deck. You can customise the buttons pretty well.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by puzzlingcaptcha on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:53AM (#35436907)

If you don't mind a wired connection and a smaller screen you can use a USB-I2C bridge (such as https://www.adafruit.com/product/4471) with an I2C OLED screen and a couple lines in Python.

If you want it to be wireless you can build it around an ESP32 module or similar.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by zh3 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:05AM (#35437338)

That looks like a stock LED panel, pretty cheap on Amazon/ebay and can be driven directly by a Pi (with a bit of wiring) or more simply via a Pimoroni RGB matrix driver. Search for 'HUB75' panel and you'll find plenty of stuff to play with.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by Tepix on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @08:02AM (#35438230)

You can get displays or a bluetooth speaker from DiVoom with a display that can be controlled from a PC, too.

I have the speaker called Timebox Evo with a 16x16 display. They used to be around $35 or so, i think now they cost $50. Its sound quality is mediocre at best but the display is nice, the app is pretty slick and the builtin battery lasts long. The build quality is also good.

product homepage:

https://divoom.com/en-de/collections/smart-pixel-speaker/pro...

github: (unofficial)

https://github.com/ScR4tCh/timebox

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by kfarr on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @02:03PM (#35443630)

Yes! This one is half the price, but a bit more fiddling is required: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/cosmic-unicorn

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by cbm-vic-20 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:29AM (#35440221)

Bonus points for a fun promo video:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/521081003

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