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ESPHome powered switch to turn on/off your PC.
Just connect your power and reset front panel connector to appropieate pin pairs, power the ESP8266 and you can turn on and off your PC via home assistant.
![Prototype](images/pc-switch-home-assistant-gui.png)
Just connect your power, reset and power led front panel connector to appropieate pin pairs, power the ESP8266 and you can turn on and off your PC via Home Assistant.
## Use cases
- This can enbale voice commands via Google Home.
- Hide your PC in a closet or on a shelf without the need to press the actual button. Your can just connect any other button via home assistant
- Hide your PC in a closet or on a shelf without the need to press the actual button. You can just connect any other button via home assistant
- Setup automation based on time, motion or the moon phase to power on your PC
- No funky magic packets anymore with wake on LAN (never worked for me)
- No addons with password access to your Windows PC
- No addons with admin access (password) to your Windows PC
- Add voice commands via Home Assistant to Google Assistant
## Powersource
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- [x] Power, reset and hard power off switch for PC in Home Assistant
- [x] Protoype on breadboard
- [x] Create first soldered protoype
- [ ] Check for PC status (is the PC currently on or off?) Current design is a power a power toggle
- [x] Check for PC status
- [ ] Design PCB
- [ ] upload PCB
- [ ] Create 3D printed case