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Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of staff::Amazon and iRobot said regulatory concerns made it impossible for the deal to move forward, sending the Roomba makers’ shares plummeting.
What options are there out of the box? I only know of hacking well known brands and use something like valetudo
I put a wemos d1 mini in mine since all I need to do is mash the existing Clean button. The internal MCU runs on 3.3v, the buttons are pulled low and activated by the same 3.3v rail, so all I had to do was flash it with ESPhome and wire the low side of the buttons to a gpio. I wanted to read the LED state but the multiplex scheme wasn’t worth decoding. I did use the single analog pin to measure battery voltage, and an input for the roller and blower motors.
Well done. I can’t tell if you’re shitposting or if this is legitimately the simplest home automation setup.
https://i.postimg.cc/BnsdHL8x/Screenshot-20240129-171247.png
https://i.postimg.cc/1tHgRNNJ/Screenshot-20240129-171945.png
I live my life like it’s a shitpost
That’s actually really awesome. Makes me want to get another vacuum
I used Shark Ion RV750 and RV750N. Basically no parts cross over but the layout is very similar. Both were straightforward to interface with and even had a little slot the board fit in!
Bro’s a menace to robot vacuum companies
Ah nice, so they work completely without internet? I somehow assumed they will need internet for first setup
I bought them used, so I don’t know about initial setup if you bought a brand new one. But yeah the shark isn’t even on my wifi, just the esphome.
I’ve heard nothing but great things about Roborock.
I have one and it works well. Vacuum and moping in one machine that costs a lot less than the irobot equivalent. You can also load it with Valetudo (open source robot vacuum firmware)
https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo