Hey, it’s Becky.
Today’s project helps make your day a little
easier if you’re a remote worker using Slack.
I’ll show you how to build it using an ESP8266
wifi board.
Let’s get started.
Whether you’re new to using Slack or you’ve
just been using it a lot more lately, you’ll
understand the importance of setting your
Slack status.
It lets your colleagues know if you’re available
to chat, in a meeting, out sick, etcetera.
Forget to set it when you leave your desk,
and you may get interrupted by somebody who
thinks you’re available.
I thought it would help me remember to have
a physical device on my desk that can set
my Slack status for me.
This project is a collaboration with Brian
Lough, who’s an ESP whiz and author of many
Arduino API libraries including this new one
for Slack.
You might remember my YouTube subscriber counter,
which was also written using one of Brian’s
API libraries.
The Arduino Slack API library gets you authenticated
and allows the ESP8266 to control an app inside
Slack.
It’s easy to configure your app and get
your key, which you can plug into the sample
Arduino sketch and get up and running in just
a few minutes.
From there, it’s all about the physical
interface and what statuses you program it
to set for you.
I chose to use a rotary switch to dial in
my status from a bunch of choices around
the circle.
I modeled an enclosure using Tinkercad to
mount the rotary switch and circuit board
inside.
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