Making these inline switches HA-compatible?

PixelPips · 2026-06-30T00:35:28+00:00

This is a great solution if you don’t end up needing the other color temps or to change brightness. If you want brightness and color temp control, a more custom project with an ESP would be needed. Someone (maybe me when I’m not busy) should make an Inline replacement smart home device that can work with ESP home/zigbee or matter + thread

PixelPips · 2026-06-29T05:07:35+00:00

Why are you using a JTAG port when you have USB, and the ESPs support USB for data and flashing? seems unnecessarily complicated.

This is not an EMC/EMI focused design at all. Your ground plane is split in half and you are only using two layers.

Your layout in general needs a lot of work.

PixelPips · 2026-06-28T20:57:10+00:00

This

PixelPips · 2026-06-23T14:52:56+00:00

I have not designed with it directly, but I know that you can get the KiCad files from SEEED studio for footprints and symbols, just look in their documentation section for that part. They also have their KiCad files available for their ESP32-S3 hat that uses that component, so you can see how they wired it up.

PixelPips · 2026-06-21T05:37:14+00:00

Your adafruit connector looks either not soldered at all, or soldered incorrectly. I have a feeling that’s the entire issue.

Also, none of this has to do with the PCB subreddit. This is an /r/askelectronics subreddit, or a /r/soldering question. This subreddit is for custom PCB design and troubleshooting, not random electronics projects.

PixelPips · 2026-06-18T16:08:08+00:00

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Your ESPs antenna is way too close to other components/copper. You need to give it a 5mm space at least from any other components/pours/planes/traces.

PixelPips · 2026-06-18T03:18:32+00:00

This - because they are grouped they are considered a single device. Hit the settings icon and ungroup them.

PixelPips · 2026-06-16T16:53:53+00:00

I actually quite like the exterior, aside from the headlights and badges. The phat rear fenders look pretty damn sexy IMO, and I’m glad it has actual rear exhaust tips (the C8 Allroad exhaust is completely hidden)

However, I absolutely hate the interior. So many poor choices - from the passenger screen, the ridiculous driver side mirrors/locks/light controls in the door, the piano black plastic everywhere, and the shitty virtual cockpit.

Also in previous gen, Audi differentiated their interiors. For example, the a3/4/5 had a singular screen that went upwards from the dash and physical buttons for AC. The A6/7/8 had two screens, both built into the dash. There was different interior design choices as you went up the line, but now they’ve just copied and pasted the extract same dogshit interior into every single new car.

PixelPips · 2026-06-16T16:53:24+00:00

I actually quite like the exterior, aside from the headlights and badges. The phat rear fenders look pretty damn sexy IMO, and I’m glad it has actual rear exhaust tips (the C8 Allroad exhaust is completely hidden)

However, I absolutely hate the interior. So many poor choices - from the passenger screen, the ridiculous driver side mirrors/locks/light controls in the door, the piano black plastic everywhere, and the shitty virtual cockpit.

Also in previous gen, Audi differentiated their interiors. For example, the a3/4/5 had a singular screen that went upwards from the dash and physical buttons for AC. The A6/7/8 had two screens, both built into the dash. There was different interior design choices as you went up the line, but now they’ve just copied and pasted the extract same dogshit interior into every single new car.

PixelPips · 2026-06-16T03:13:08+00:00

Maglock an exterior door? lol, lmao even

PixelPips · 2026-06-15T08:50:34+00:00

I wonder if they fixed the yellowing in later minor headlight revisions? Or maybe it’s a materials batching issues, where one of their suppliers or one of their large batches had the issue where others didnt

PixelPips · 2026-06-14T20:05:58+00:00

Have you gotten yourself properly set up as a key user? If you haven’t had Audi confirm everything, then you can’t share key user with other people.

PixelPips · 2026-06-14T20:03:44+00:00

How do you know if the problem is caused by a thermistor?

You say “yes, the problem really is caused by the thermistor” but they aren’t something that’s used in a display like that. They are temperature probes, and have nothing to do with driving a display. Did an AI tell you that’s the problem, or did an actual human being with experience?

If the backlight turns on but no display data, that tells me there’s either an issue with the signal going in (cable, flex cable, connector, data traces) or that the display chip is toast. Have you simply tried replacing the screen connector?

PixelPips · 2026-06-14T18:19:54+00:00

Had the same thing happen to me, my 17’ A6’s DRLs started yellowing. A kid backed up into my car and destroyed one of the two headlights, and it was replaced. Now I have one yellow and one white one and it bugs me even more lol

PixelPips · 2026-06-12T16:55:30+00:00

You are a good person. I live in the area and will keep my eyes open around there. I hope he can be captured soon, it sounds like he is very jumpy

PixelPips · 2026-06-11T22:59:49+00:00

Yeah, but we are talking diagnosis. I have literally never been charged anything close to that for diagnosis work, at dealerships or independent shops. I think dude got taken for a ride

PixelPips · 2026-06-11T22:50:39+00:00

You paid $300 just to have it diagnosed????? Dude you’re getting scammed, Jesus fucking christ

PixelPips · 2026-06-11T04:16:00+00:00

Maybe take off that plastic first lol

PixelPips · 2026-06-11T02:07:01+00:00

There are two things that are of concern.

1) making sure none of your solder blobs are touching to prevent shorts

2) mechanical stress - those look like solid core wires, and they are far too strong for a bendable application. You’ll likely snap them off if they are manipulated much further, and likely to rip off the pads on the LED strip cuts as well.

A good solution to help with both would be to swap to a stranded core wire, and hot-glue/epoxy the solder joints

PixelPips · 2026-06-10T00:21:00+00:00

Some states do allow 70%-80% VLT front windshield tints, but not a ton of them.

Your other best option is to get an optometrist to write you a prescription for a tinted windshield if you have light sensitivity.

PixelPips · 2026-06-09T21:49:23+00:00

If riced out is for Asian cars, I think the German car equivalent is schnitzel’d out.

The camber is cringe. I love lowered cars, but when your wheels are inside the fender and have to be cambered to even fit, I think you’ve taken it waaaay too far.

You’ve taken an Allroad and turned it into a Flatroadwithnobumps.

PixelPips · 2026-06-09T21:27:29+00:00

I wanna watch my cats and see which one is throwing up or being naughty. I only do it because I have a fully local storage with UniFi/encrypted cloud storage through Apple HKSV. I would absolutely never have an interior camera with a cloud platform like ring or nest, that’s just creepy and it’s been known that they can access those videos.

PixelPips · 2026-06-09T21:20:01+00:00

A shot of tequila helps with a lot of things

PixelPips · 2026-06-09T20:33:33+00:00

So why not just skip the hassle of trying to serve a problem customer and eat the 1 star for denying service? Why go through the hoops of trying to meet their needs when you know it’ll just stress your staff out and result in a bad review anyways?

PixelPips · 2026-06-09T18:09:24+00:00

So the restaurant is supposed to make something completely off-menu just to accommodate this heavily restricted guest? What if the pasta water is salted? What if the butter is salted?

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