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PokyPow

A small PCB that allows you to control your PC with Home Assistant powered by ESPHome. Turn on, off, reset, hard shut down your PC, and even see the ON or OFF state in Home Assistant.

A collection of 21 posts

PokyPow Prototype Debugging
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PokyPow Prototype Debugging

· Andrej Friesen

PokyPow Update- BOM Optimization and more
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PokyPow Update- BOM Optimization and more

Small update on the PokyPow

· Andrej Friesen

PokyPow joins the Soldered Electronics Inkubator
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PokyPow joins the Soldered Electronics Inkubator

New contract for a prototype and joining the Soldered Electronics Inkubator.

· Andrej Friesen

Joining the Home Assistant Podcast to Talk About PokyPow
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Joining the Home Assistant Podcast to Talk About PokyPow

Talking about Home Assistant and the PokyPow on the Home Assistant Podcast

· Andrej Friesen

Big padlock placed on a laptop keyboard
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PokyPow - Child Lock for Computer

A demo how the PokyPow child lock will work for you PC

· Andrej Friesen

PokyPow Documentation is Live
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PokyPow Documentation is Live

While waiting for parts I worked on the PokyPow documentation and implement flashing via the browser. An overview of the tech I used.

· Andrej Friesen

UEFI Settings are strange - Always on USB for the MSI MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI
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UEFI Settings are strange - Always on USB for the MSI MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI

Enabling USB Always on for MSI Motherboard and some PokyPow Updates

· Andrej Friesen

How to Remove the Login Password in Windows 11, Power On with Home Assistant and keep your Steam Games up to Date
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How to Remove the Login Password in Windows 11, Power On with Home Assistant and keep your Steam Games up to Date

How to make your PC more like a console: Remove the Windows Password prompt. Automatically update your favorite games. Start your PC with Home Assistant and the PokyPow. Plus a small PokyPow Demo with my Setup.

· Andrej Friesen

Happy Holidays - Favorite Smart Home Gadget
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Happy Holidays - Favorite Smart Home Gadget

My favorite smart home gadget is a robot vacuum and mop! My personal PokyPow use case. I am working on a cat litter box scale to automatically vacuum the area around the cat litter box. And: Happy holidays!

· Andrej Friesen

PokyPow Updates and Tasmota
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PokyPow Updates and Tasmota

We need more subscribers, Tasmota might come, new hardware revision coming soon.

· Andrej Friesen

Screenshot of PokyPow Prelaunch Page at Crowd Supply
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The PokyPow Prelaunch Page is live!

Prelaunch Page is Live! Next Milestone: 200 Subscribers at Crowd Supply!

· Andrej Friesen

pc-switch renamed to PokyPow and other small updates
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pc-switch renamed to PokyPow and other small updates

· Andrej Friesen

pc-switch accepted by CrowdSupply
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pc-switch accepted by CrowdSupply

· Andrej Friesen

pc-switch - first testing boards arrived
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pc-switch - first testing boards arrived

pc-switch prototype arrived and I need to fix some things. But it is working perfectly!

· Andrej Friesen

pc-switch: first 3D render
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pc-switch: first 3D render

First 3D render of the new pc-switch.

· Andrej Friesen

pc-switch: Updates and I need your help
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pc-switch: Updates and I need your help

pc-switch update: I know which ESP32-C3 module to use and ramble about which antenna to use. And another reminder to take the survey.

· Andrej Friesen

pc-switch evolves to a product?
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pc-switch evolves to a product?

Currently looking into how to make the pc-switch a real product. Additionally, there are some software updates for the pc-switch for ESPHome.

· Andrej Friesen

pc-switch PCB with D1 minipc-switch PCB with D1 mini
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Long due pc-switch update and testing a Discord server

Small pc-switch update. Let's try a Discord server to help each other out on pc-switch problems.

· Andrej Friesen

3D model of my pc-switch PCB
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pc-switch version v1.1

Here I show you how I added proper labels to my pc-switch PCB.

· Andrej Friesen

First PCB version for the pc-switch for ESPHome - My first PCB design ever
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First PCB version for the pc-switch for ESPHome - My first PCB design ever

I have built a PCB and have documented my process as an absolute beginner in this field. The pc-switch can control your pc power switch, reset switch via Home Assistant and ESPHome.

· Andrej Friesen

breadboard with an ESP8266 and other components
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My first electronic hardware: a remote pc-switch for Home Assistant

· Andrej Friesen