I liked the idea of an illuminated waste-bin to remind us to put out the rubbish bins. Meanwhile we have 5 different bins, so the task to remind the day and the bin is not as simple as it was years ago :)
- Lolin C3 mini
- 3D printed parts
*** Use esp32 core version 2.0.14; the alpha versions of 3 have a problem with the neopixel lib ***
The software gets the info from a JSON String published on a server in the following format:
{"2023-01-03":"biomass","2023-01-06":"valorlux","2023-01-11":"waste","2023-01-12":"paper",
"2023-12-14":"paper","2023-12-19":"biomass","2023-12-22":"valorlux","2023-12-27":"waste"}It uses my ESPToolbox library for WiFi and logging functions (UDP) and to get the time. To avoid version problems the lib is included in the sketch folder. Programming is done over OTA.
All relevant data you must or can change are in a config (config.h) file, also contained in the main folder. You can also place this file in the sketchbook/library folder named Secrets and rename it to your needs (e.g. secrets.h).
In the main file (.ino) you can activate or deactivate features by commenting or uncommenting some lines. Here you can activate USE_SECRETS.
The software also publishes the data per MQTT.