Ask HN: Create Physical hardware to interact with API

1 points by allkindsof 1 year ago | 1 comment

How would I go about developing a physical button device to interact with an API? Or computer in general.

bguebert 1 year ago |

I've used shelly products to do this before. They handle most of the hardware stuff if you are coming from a more software experienced side of things. It's basically an ESP chip that controls a relay. They have terminals set up to read switch or button pressed too. The project I had was to replace a garage door opener and have a switch set up to tell if the door was open or closed.

https://www.shelly.com/en-us/products/shop/shelly-button