2024-05-13 23:43:37 +00:00
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image: https://death.id.au/assets/img/lego-dimensions.jpg
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title: LDToypad.NET
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tags: .NET, C#, Hardware
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link: https://github.com/deathau/LDToypad.NET
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2024-05-14 00:07:17 +00:00
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summary: A .NET library for communicating with the LEGO Dimensions toypad.
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2024-05-13 23:43:37 +00:00
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type: page
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location: /cv.02
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template: cv
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This was a little bit more of a hack to see if I could, rathen than it being
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something truly useful, but it is still pretty cool. I found other attempts to
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do the same thing in other languages, but couldn't get anthing actually working.
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Through a lot of reading, and some trial and error, I worked out how to communicate
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with the toypad, and then wrote up a library that allows me to connect to it,
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change the lights, and most importantly, read the physical tags placed on it.
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The reason for doing this is to automate some things on my computer. As a proof
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of concept, I made myself a little app that sits in the system tray. When I
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place my Batman minifigure on the right panel of the toypad, my computer switches
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to another remote desktop. Place him on the left, and I go back to the original
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desktop. I also set up a custom Joker minifigure tag which, when placed in the
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middle sport, will hibername my computer.
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It's fun, but I've never gotten used to multiple desktops, so I rarely used it.
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I ought to come up with some better ideas and hook it back up one of these days...
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