I found an amazon basics color changing smart light bulb attached to a lamp my neighbor threw in the apartment dumpster.

[mle_online@social.afront.org]

I found an amazon basics color changing smart light bulb attached to a lamp my neighbor threw in the apartment dumpster.

Apparently you can only change the color by giving the bulb access to your wifi network and using the alexa app on your phone. Very stupid.

[mle_online@social.afront.org]

Cutting it open to see what's inside

[hobbs@dobbs.town]

@MLE_online i can smell this picture.

[emily_s@mastodon.me.uk]

@MLE_online "I see your glue and raise you a machine shop"

[mle_online@social.afront.org]

Hmm. Ok. Some kind of esp32 looking thing

[hobbs@dobbs.town]

@MLE_online a lot of times you can initially hook these things up to scamazon or wiz or whatever and then switch them over to homeassistant, ditching the original service tether.

the wifi shenanigans are why all my "smart" bulbs are zigbee based. i have a usb zigbee radio dingus hanging out the side of my server. small price to pay for avoiding the software requirement.

[mle_online@social.afront.org]

@hobbs I looked and didn't see anyone talking about hacking this model of bulb, and I'm not clever enough to figure that out from scratch

[mle_online@social.afront.org]

I'm not sure how that aluminum plate is held in. Pressed? Glued? Dunno

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@MLE_online this is why i follow you. for the weird shit you do with power tools

[nflux@gts.exile.social]

@MLE_online i like the slicey boi on your drill press. i would likely injure myself quite badly on something like that so am not in a hurry to fit one but it's a neat solution

[mle_online@social.afront.org]

Hey yeah! Esp32 pico!

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@MLE_online it's got all the nutrients a growing IoT product needs!

glad this one was rescued from going to the landfill