{"id":215,"date":"2017-03-24T22:54:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T17:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madhurendra.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2021-03-30T00:14:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T18:44:42","slug":"iot-push-button-like-amazon-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madhurendra.com\/iot-push-button-like-amazon-dash\/","title":{"rendered":"IOT Push Button (Like Amazon Dash)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amazon Dash button is an incredible piece of hardware and another example of &#8220;applied engineering&#8221; in Amazon,&nbsp;just like Kindle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazon Dash Like Button (Prototype v2) - 3d Printed Case &amp; Chrome Extension Integration\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lv3tPy6LjXs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The inspiration for this project isn&#8217;t directly derived from amazon dash, I wasn&#8217;t aware of it until I started digging the internet but at end, I had to set the performance goal to Amazon dash, because no other piece of hardware was up to mark. A detailed teardown of dash button can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/mpetroff.net\/2016\/07\/new-amazon-dash-button-teardown-jk29lp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, Since &#8220;decades&#8221; I wanted to build some piece of hardware which I could dynamically program for any functionality like playing next youtube video, unlocking door, rebooting a machine, minimizing all open tabs or whatever with a push of a button. The button should be portable and independent of device for operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To meet my requirements I had to remove BLE or any other radio-based technology which needed a receiver or additional unit to operate. ESP-12F is power intensive and somewhat large if compared to esp-01. &nbsp;The end prototype looked like this and worked as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.tik.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/PHOTO_20170220_224650.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.tik.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/PHOTO_20170220_224650-e1498326041660-300x145.jpg?resize=300%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216\" title=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/i0.wp.com\/madhurendra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/PHOTO_20170220_224650-e1498326041660.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, \/\/i0.wp.com\/madhurendra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/PHOTO_20170220_224650-e1498326041660.jpg?resize=768%2C372&amp;ssl=1 768w, \/\/i0.wp.com\/madhurendra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/PHOTO_20170220_224650-e1498326041660.jpg?resize=1024%2C496&amp;ssl=1 1024w, \/\/i0.wp.com\/madhurendra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/PHOTO_20170220_224650-e1498326041660.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, \/\/i0.wp.com\/madhurendra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/PHOTO_20170220_224650-e1498326041660.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is&nbsp;list of components I used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1x LiPo Battery &#8211; 150mAh<\/li><li>1x ESP8266-01<\/li><li>1x 1k Register<\/li><li>1x Tactile Switch Button<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You might require a soldering iron with fine tip, basic desoldering skills, access to 3d printer, FTDI board or similar setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The schematics of setup would look like below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.tik.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Selection_004.png?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.tik.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Selection_004-300x193.png?resize=300%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217\" title=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/i0.wp.com\/madhurendra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Selection_004.png?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, \/\/i0.wp.com\/madhurendra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Selection_004.png?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, \/\/i0.wp.com\/madhurendra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Selection_004.png?w=769&amp;ssl=1 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The functioning would be like &#8211; We turn on ESP using push button, but it would take time to log in to wifi, authenticate &#8211; so we need to keep it on for pretty long time &#8211; which could be done by using programming output pins, As soon as ESP turn on GPIO2 can be set to HIGH, Once operation is finished it can be set to low.&nbsp;Few challenges which I found on way (with fixes):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Power is very limited &#8211; So we need to remove LED&#8217;s from the esp, this would save a lot of power and would increase battery life by almost a fold!<\/li><li>You should use diode and transistor to limit current, since I am not an electronic&nbsp;nerd I would not comment on it.<\/li><li>You should set a timeout period, in case you are writing custom logic else battery will drain and you will never come to know why!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After soldering &#8211; You have to upload following code which need to be tweaked according to need, but it has basic logic code &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The code can set in hotspot mode if couldn&#8217;t connect to wifi and if could connect it would make a connection to mqtt server and make an announcement then shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: cpp; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n#define DEVICE_ID         &quot;YOUR_USERNAME&quot;\n#define DEVICE_NAME       &quot;iot-&quot; DEVICE_ID\n#define WIFI_SSID         &quot;mad-&quot; DEVICE_ID\n#define WIFI_PASSWORD     DEVICE_ID\n#define MQTT_SERVER       &quot;YOUR_SERVER&quot;\n#define MQTT_USERNAME     DEVICE_ID\n#define MQTT_PASSWORD     &quot;YOUR_PASSWORD&quot;\n#define MQTT_SEND_CHANNEL &quot;pushbutton&quot;\n#define MQTT_RECV_CHANNEL DEVICE_NAME\n\n\n\n\n#define BUTTON_MODE 1\n#define USE_SSL 1\n#define GPIO2 2\n#define BUTTON_TIMEOUT 30000\n\n\n#include &lt;ESP8266WiFi.h&gt;\n#include &lt;WiFiClient.h&gt;\n#include &lt;ESP8266WebServer.h&gt;\n#include &lt;ESP8266mDNS.h&gt;\n#include &lt;PubSubClient.h&gt;\n#include &lt;DNSServer.h&gt;\n#include &lt;WiFiManager.h&gt;\n#include &lt;ArduinoJson.h&gt;\n#include &lt;stdarg.h&gt;\n\n\n#if USE_SSL\n#   include &lt;WiFiClientSecure.h&gt;\n\/\/    WiFiClientSecure client;\n#   define PORT 443\n#else\n\/\/ WiFiClient client;\n#   define PORT 80\n#endif\n\n\nvoid reconnect();\nvoid sendMessage(String action, String data, char* num = &quot;&quot;, ...);\nchar* stringToChar(String str);\n\nWiFiClient espClient;\nPubSubClient client(espClient);\nWiFiManager wifiManager;\n\n\nlong lastMsg = 0;\nchar msg&#x5B;50];\nint value = 0;\nString DEVICE_FEATURES = &quot;&quot;;\n\nvoid setup() {\n\n  DEVICE_FEATURES += &quot;pushbutton;&quot;;\n  pinMode(GPIO2, OUTPUT);\n  digitalWrite(GPIO2, HIGH);\n\n\n  \/\/Serial.begin(9600);\n\n  \/\/  wifiManager.resetSettings();\n  if (!wifiManager.autoConnect(WIFI_SSID, WIFI_PASSWORD)) {\n    \/\/Serial.println(&quot;failed to connect, we should reset as see if it connects&quot;);\n    delay(1000);\n    ESP.reset();\n    delay(1000);\n  }\n  client.setServer(MQTT_SERVER, 1883);\n\n}\nvoid loop() {\n\n  \/\/if button mode, &amp; time since start is greater than TIMEOUT close the time.\n  if (millis() &gt; BUTTON_TIMEOUT)\n    digitalWrite(GPIO2, LOW);\n  \/\/if MQTT Client not connect connect it back.\n  if (!client.connected())\n    reconnect();\n  client.loop();\n\n}\n\n\n\n\/**\n   Send message to server\n   example: sendMessage(&quot;hello&quot;, DEVICE_NAME,&quot;ksks&quot;,&quot;mac&quot;,getMacAddress(),&quot;localIP&quot;,WiFi.localIP().toString());\n   k for key\n   d : double, f : float, s : string, l : long,\n   No char type\n*\/\nvoid sendMessage(String action, String data, char *types, ...) {\n  StaticJsonBuffer&lt;200&gt; jsonBuffer;\n  JsonObject&amp; root = jsonBuffer.createObject();\n  root&#x5B;&quot;action&quot;] = action;\n  root&#x5B;&quot;data&quot;] = data;\n\n  \/\/find length\n  int count = 0;\n  while (types&#x5B;count++] != '\\0');\n  --count;\n\n  \/\/if not even args\n  if (count % 2 != 0)\n    return;\n\n  \/\/for argument parsing.\n  va_list arguments;\n  va_start ( arguments, types );\n\n  String key;\n\n  \/\/even length validated already\n  for (int i = 0; types&#x5B;i] != '\\0'; i += 2) {\n    \/\/this is intentionally done, default key as type k can be used, but developer might mistake, causing lot of debugging\n    if (types&#x5B;i] != 'k')\n      continue;\n    key =  va_arg ( arguments, char *  );\n\n    switch (types&#x5B;i + 1])\n    {\n      case 'd': root&#x5B;key] = (va_arg(arguments, int));\n        break;\n      case 'l': root&#x5B;key] = (va_arg(arguments, long));\n        break;\n      case 'f': root&#x5B;key] = (va_arg(arguments, double));\n        break;\n      case 's': root&#x5B;key] = (va_arg(arguments, char *));\n        break;\n      default:  ;\n    };\n  }\n\n  va_end ( arguments );                  \/\/ Cleans up the list\n\n  char tmp&#x5B;root.measureLength() + 2];\n  root.printTo(tmp, sizeof(tmp));\n  client.publish(MQTT_SEND_CHANNEL, tmp);\n}\n\n\n\nvoid reconnect() {\n  \/\/ Loop until we're reconnected\n  while (!client.connected()) {\n    \/\/Serial.print(&quot;Attempting MQTT connection...&quot;);\n    \/\/ Attempt to connect\n    if (client.connect(DEVICE_NAME, MQTT_USERNAME, MQTT_PASSWORD)) {\n      \/\/Serial.println(&quot;connected&quot;);\n      \/\/ Once connected, publish an announcement...\n      sendMessage(&quot;hello&quot;, DEVICE_NAME, &quot;ksks&quot;, &quot;features&quot;, (DEVICE_FEATURES).c_str() , &quot;localIP&quot;, (WiFi.localIP().toString().c_str()));\n      digitalWrite(GPIO2, LOW);\n    } else {\n      \/\/Serial.print(&quot;failed, rc=&quot;);\n      \/\/Serial.print(client.state());\n      \/\/Serial.println(&quot; try again in 5 seconds&quot;);\n      \/\/ Wait 5 seconds before retrying\n      delay(2000);\n    }\n  }\n}\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I hope you enjoyed the article, it wasn&#8217;t a detailed writeup and I dropped many details &#8211; but if you have any questions you can comment or drop mail &#8211; I will surely help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Dash button is an incredible piece of hardware and another example of &#8220;applied engineering&#8221; in Amazon,&nbsp;just like Kindle. 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