Serial-Studio VS hass-workstation-service

I recommend moving away from linuxdeployqt, and use linuxdeploy (almost the same name, but without the "qt" at the end). It has a Qt plugin, and it's as easy to use. Check how a real world application is using it, and it's with Qt 6.

This looks like it could be useful but it took me a while to find the widget examples.

https://github.com/Serial-Studio/Serial-Studio/wiki/Introduc...

I am certain that the creator is very smart and has created a great tool for programmers, but I would suggest including a "Dumbed Down" video on their start page with practical examples such as the battery monitor or GPS mapping.

There is a huge audience of beginners and less technical experimenters that this tool could gain traction with but the information on the main page is most likely way over their heads as far a technical jargon goes. Arduino is popular because it is easy, KISS.

Serial Studio looks like a good option. They recently added security options for MQTT but I've not had a chance to try it out yet. https://github.com/Serial-Studio/Serial-Studio

you folks might wanna check SerialStudio out https://github.com/Serial-Studio/Serial-Studio

Using Hass Workstation on my desktop and laptop

I use Hass Workstation Service to do that. I configured it to detect when the mic and/or webcam were being used and automate certain actions from Home Assistant

I'm using hass workstation service. The last release included my PR to make a sensor showing what programs are using your microphone. It's now deprecated, but still the only windows program that says WHAT is using the microphone. So my automation runs when that sensor string includes "Teams.exe" or "zoom.exe"

I run HASS Workstation Service on my computer to upload data about my computer's sensors to Home Assistant. When I turn on my computer microphone, the IKEA switch connected to my desk fan turns off automatically

I'm using Hass Workstation Service to achieve this: https://github.com/sleevezipper/hass-workstation-service

I use the HASS workstation service (https://github.com/sleevezipper/hass-workstation-service) for this - it publishes various state entities to HA and I use that to drive the state of a coloured light. I use mic on, video on as the primary drivers for orange or red light, and then time for other colours.

For Home Assistent there is a great software that transmits your PCs microphone and webcam status to HA - https://github.com/sleevezipper/hass-workstation-service

For the automation I use HA with node-red and HASS Workstation Service to detect when mic and webcam are active. When mic only is active, the green light turns on, when the webcam is active it turns red (thanks to u/plasticarmyman for the idea).

I do something similar but using HASS Workstation Service. I detect when the mic is active (which 99% of the times happens when I'm on a meeting) and then change some lights.

No link to original content anymore.. But you can do a bit similar setup with Hass workstation service. https://github.com/sleevezipper/hass-workstation-service If mic or webcam is in use then light goes red. Doesn't take any other statuses, but works for meetings quite fine.