megadesk VS KiBot

If you’ve got an IKEA Bekant and are interested in this sort of thing then Megadesk[1] and Megadesk Companion[2] will allow it to connect to Home Assistant for automation (and also adds memory states).

[1] https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk

[2] https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk_companion

Megadesk Companion is an accessory for Megadesk - both are open source hardware.

Hello, I saw that project for IKEA Bekant https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk, and as Rodulf seems very similar I wonder if somebody builded custom controller for it, or at least build custom remote. The goal is to build it in desk, next to the usb hub with some nicer buttons, so this is a great opportunity to add predefined profiles if possible

I know some people are using the esphome integration with megadesk ( https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk ) with this in mind but not sure how many are doing it. If you are talking about an app I don't think there's anything in that space. Just simple nodered/etc automations or reminders.

So for megadesk now, when i tag a release, KiBot does many things, but one of which is makes a PDF of the schematic, so if anyone wants they could take a quick look without even having KiCad installed. https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk/releases/tag/pcb-v8-C668117

Biased opinion as the creator of megadesk ( https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk )

I've read it's either the power supply dies, or the motors stop responding. We found that you can re-initialize the motors (which was undocumented I think? Or maybe not well known) https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk/issues/24

You can find some discussion on actually adding it in this request : https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk/issues/11 (short, there is no space to do so)

My CICD is done with KiBot - https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot and my pipeline templates are https://github.com/gcormier/kicad-jobs

Not exactly the same you suggested, but many of those points are already covered by KiBot. You might want to take a look at it: Kibot

One of the features that peaked my interest with the release of 7.0 was kicad-cli. I've wanted a built in tool for CI/CD for a while. I know there is Kibot but to be honest, I found the base configuration a little overwhelming and also struggled to get it running locally on a macOS setup - without tainting system Python.

KiBot [0] is super handy for this, the documentation has an explicit section on CI/CD usage.

It's a bit clunky (not KiBots fault at all, it has to basically script drive the GUI to achieve some functionality which has now been added to the kicad cli) so hopefully going forward CI/CD with KiCad will be even easier!

0: https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot

I'm using KiBot for this, see pcb_replace/sch_replace options here: https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot#supported-preflight-optio...

I've been bitten by the DRC before, but KiBot[0] renders that moot. I have it running as a pre-commit hook, and it generates my Gerbers and everything. That way, all this stuff is automated and I can't make a mistake.

Check out my project's config:

https://gitlab.com/stavros/esp32-cnc/-/blob/master/project.k...

[0]: https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot#introduction

This mainly uses the KiBot action (https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiBot)