[REDACTED]™, Mute Smasher<p>have a cat isolated for now and a local camera in the room set to record to a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a>, but got tired of it recording me when I go in the room to give the cat medicine or just watch TV<br>I already had a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> layout to send the HTTP commands to the camera to toggle motion detection, but got tired of having to make sure I had my phone and also remembering to do it.<br>So I rigged up an <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ESP32s2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32s2</span></a> (which have capacitive touch GPIO natively) with a little tinfoil touch pad and made an <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arduino</span></a> sketch to detect a press on the "button", send the web call, and toggle the detection on and off (using the built in LED to display the status: on for recording, off for no alarms)</p><p>Extra long USB-C cord and some painter's tape to stick the pad to the wall and ta-da! We now can toggle recording before entering the room and when leaving it.</p><p>I love these little boards so much</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a></p>