Arduino IL Drive Sim read good write bad

[ThomasF]

(04-26-2023 09:46 PM)TallKey Wrote:  Arduino users want the PIL-IO for the IO version
PC / Pi user want the PIL-BOX (USB version)

Hi,

Using the description from Tobie I use the PIL-BOX for my Arduino (or rather the Wemos D1 Mini with ESP8266 for WiFi connectivity).
This is done without any modifications to the PIL-BOX (apart from adding some pins for easy attachment of the ESP) so I can still just attach the USB-cable for normal PC usage if I want to.
   
The I2C is still unused on my ESP, so I can attach a display or more GPIO-pins if needed, one idea is to make an emulation of the 82166 for physical IO-pins, but also use eg MQTT over WiFi to connect virtual IO-pins to my home system (turning on lights or getting other inputs).
The single analog input on the ESP is now used for battery surveillance so I get an indication when the battery goes low, but adding more ADCs we could add other sensors for measurements (temp, power etc).

Cheers,
Thomas