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