No joke I have been looking up products or how to videos trying to find my media controller like the car thing. I wasn't happy with any of them but YT just recommended this video and I think it's the path I want to tryout
HELLS YES! I’ve been playing with your previous Spotify controller design for months now, using a leftover CYD in my parts bin. I can’t wait to try out the new UI and build my own button layout. I make custom Bluetooth speakers for fun/gifts, and my next step will be integrating the Spotify controls/display into the speaker itself, as a control panel, essentially. LOVE that you built a web-flash portal for this, by the way. I’m still way new at Arduino/coding, so it’s been crazy-helpful to both easily flash the CYD, AND be able to look at the code side by side to learn more about the process. Thanks again for a killer project and video. You, Mellow Labs, and GearsCodeAndFire are my favorite makers to follow and learn from!!
heyyyyy!!!! Tysm for the help didn't know you would make an updated version haha. Really loving your projects :) also im very thankful bc i did NOT want to design a case in fusiion
Finally a proper use of CYDs, Great project ESP32s are so much more efficient and powerful compared to 8266s. Also thanks for the shoutout, you are the real programmer o7.
Awesome project! I love that you used widely available and cheap components. Only thing I'd change for car use is the buttons on top, with different shapes to make it easy to tell them and their functions apart by feel. But since the project and the CAD software are FOSS that shouldn't be too hard. Thanks for sharing 👍
Very cool project, would love to see a pcb designed to make the wiring easier. One of the best features of it was how easy it is to use in the car. Does this also connect to your phone for data?
Unfortunately it does not work as easily in the car. You could make your phone a hotspot or if your car has wifi you could connect it that way. I don't know how to make apps so I could not do that. Maybe v3?
Very cool project! How do you access the progress information? To me it looks like you poll the Spotify Web API every 500ms. Am I right? I wonder what this does with the API rate limit. Did you use the device for extended periods of time? Thanks!
Yep it's just polling, due to the synchronous way it polls it ends up being closer to 2 seconds. I have run it for a number of weeks without issues so anecdotally it's fine lol
It's all in the code but you can request all for the information about what you are currently listening to and one of the things you can find is a url to the image for the album art!
Hi, unfortunately this code was not written with that hardware in mind so there is not really a way to make it work. You can look through the code though and see if you can adapt it for your needs
Ok i set up everything but i have mirror reflection on screen how to fix that? and can you show how it looks when you connect all staff i mean i dont know how to connect the cables behind that which cable goes where
@makeit4less yes, instead of using spotify, it would be great to use Plex instead and on a CYD. I see some stuff on a pi and plexamp but a dedicated player would be great.
Wonderful project. Can a bigger screen like this: Waveshare ESP32-S3 4.3inch Touch LCD Development Board Type B, 800×480, 5-point Touch, 32-bit LX7 Dual-core Processor be jused? There is also this 1024x600 5inch esp32: ESP32-S3 5inch IPS Touch Scren LCD Display Development Board LX7 Dual-Core Processor ESP32 Display for Arduino IDE/VSCode Thank you
Hello 👋 unfortunately the code is written for the specific hardware used. It can definitely be adapted but won't work without making some significant changes
Sounds like you got the buttons to work!! If I compensate you, and send you my dead car thing, could you work your magic? I'm serious! How can we make this work? I'm happy to pay you for your fine work. Let's do this! Thanks!
except that yk, jeff hacked his carthing and loaded new code onto it to make it usable again, while this guy recreated the functionality of the carthing from completely different hardware
Hey @Make it for less, i have a problem. i think your ideas are so cool and i wanted to do it now because i have already done the previous one but something is wrong with the website it doesn't want my token and i always get a error message can you please help ?
found this while looking to buy a carthing , finally my bin full of cyds will have a use , i cant seem to find any case stls tho?
Just uploaded all of the stl files! let me know if you still don't see them.
@@makeit4less the discord link is not working :(
@@da_quirin Should be working now. I did not realize the link expires by default
No joke I have been looking up products or how to videos trying to find my media controller like the car thing. I wasn't happy with any of them but YT just recommended this video and I think it's the path I want to tryout
Excellent 🎉 my dms on Blue sky are open if you have any questions and I have my discord linked in the video description!
HELLS YES! I’ve been playing with your previous Spotify controller design for months now, using a leftover CYD in my parts bin. I can’t wait to try out the new UI and build my own button layout. I make custom Bluetooth speakers for fun/gifts, and my next step will be integrating the Spotify controls/display into the speaker itself, as a control panel, essentially.
LOVE that you built a web-flash portal for this, by the way. I’m still way new at Arduino/coding, so it’s been crazy-helpful to both easily flash the CYD, AND be able to look at the code side by side to learn more about the process.
Thanks again for a killer project and video. You, Mellow Labs, and GearsCodeAndFire are my favorite makers to follow and learn from!!
Thank you so much for the comment 🥹 it makes it worth while to know someone finds the stuff I'm doing useful!
heyyyyy!!!! Tysm for the help didn't know you would make an updated version haha. Really loving your projects :) also im very thankful bc i did NOT want to design a case in fusiion
Haha thank you so much. I guess I should have mentioned that while I was helping you 😜 thanks for watching!
Finally a proper use of CYDs, Great project ESP32s are so much more efficient and powerful compared to 8266s.
Also thanks for the shoutout, you are the real programmer o7.
Thank you! The ESP32 is really pretty incredible. Also I loved your last video, super funny and a really cool idea 💡
Awesome project! I love that you used widely available and cheap components. Only thing I'd change for car use is the buttons on top, with different shapes to make it easy to tell them and their functions apart by feel. But since the project and the CAD software are FOSS that shouldn't be too hard. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thats a great idea! Although this version will not work in the car quite as easily. If you do make new kind of case be sure to upload it to git!
cool project, good to see progress in design and functionality :)
Thank you, the design and building was a lot of fun! Thanks for watching!
10:10 I don’t know if anyone else suggested it but easy solution for many buttons is using analog input and resistors, then you only need one input
Hmm, that's a really interesting idea. Do you know of any examples where people have done that?
@ most of commercial devices use this or similar configuration I think, there might even be a library for handling buttons like that on esp32
Damn. Less then a month ago i was looking for something to create a carthing-esque thingamajig. Nice.
I hope this works for you!! Thanks for watching!!
HES BAAAACK!!
Haha distance makes the heart grow fonder or something like that 🤣 thanks for watching!!
Nice work!
Thank you! It was a lot of fun to make!
unfortunately I just absolutely love how the original design looks
Haha its got a bit of a scrappy charm for sure 😁 thanks for watching!
Very cool project, would love to see a pcb designed to make the wiring easier.
One of the best features of it was how easy it is to use in the car. Does this also connect to your phone for data?
Unfortunately it does not work as easily in the car. You could make your phone a hotspot or if your car has wifi you could connect it that way. I don't know how to make apps so I could not do that. Maybe v3?
@@makeit4lesssounds good!!
Very cool project! How do you access the progress information? To me it looks like you poll the Spotify Web API every 500ms. Am I right? I wonder what this does with the API rate limit. Did you use the device for extended periods of time? Thanks!
Yep it's just polling, due to the synchronous way it polls it ends up being closer to 2 seconds. I have run it for a number of weeks without issues so anecdotally it's fine lol
@@makeit4less Thank you for your response! Sounds good. I might give it a try on my PC first ;)
I see you’re a man of culture as well?
0:34 We call it Gcycling. #DudeCmon
how did you manage to get the album cover?
It's all in the code but you can request all for the information about what you are currently listening to and one of the things you can find is a url to the image for the album art!
@@makeit4less i indeed am able to get the url, but how does it convert the url to an actual image?
thanks for the reply btw, love the project!
Oh, I used this library elm-chan.org/fsw/tjpgd/00index.html . Its made specifically to show images on micro controllers!
Can you put the code up for down load. I can not get it to work from the download server. I add the client and secret but does not connect.
The link to all the code is in the description 👍
how i can use this code to run it on esp8266 connected to touchscreen 2.8 tft pls help
Hi, unfortunately this code was not written with that hardware in mind so there is not really a way to make it work. You can look through the code though and see if you can adapt it for your needs
Ok i set up everything but i have mirror reflection on screen how to fix that? and can you show how it looks when you connect all staff i mean i dont know how to connect the cables behind that which cable goes where
cant find the soldering digram files
Did anyone get this to work? I did not want to make changes by soldering until I get the software working on the screen.
Hey i have a question, can i use this in my car without a wifi connection and just bluetooth from my phone?
No unfortunately I could not get that to work in this version, it's WiFi only. Maybe if I do a v3 at some point I'll add that
Anyone know anything like this but for plex using the CYD?
Are you saying like a Plex specific remote? Might be something interesting to look into
@makeit4less yes, instead of using spotify, it would be great to use Plex instead and on a CYD. I see some stuff on a pi and plexamp but a dedicated player would be great.
Wonderful project.
Can a bigger screen like this:
Waveshare ESP32-S3 4.3inch Touch LCD Development Board Type B, 800×480, 5-point Touch, 32-bit LX7 Dual-core Processor be jused?
There is also this 1024x600 5inch esp32: ESP32-S3 5inch IPS Touch Scren LCD Display Development Board LX7 Dual-Core Processor ESP32 Display for Arduino IDE/VSCode
Thank you
Hello 👋 unfortunately the code is written for the specific hardware used. It can definitely be adapted but won't work without making some significant changes
hey, i found it doesnt work for me, it kept saying header fields are too long. do you have any ideas on this?
Hmm, where did you see this error? That is not something I have run into before.
@@makeit4less I got it after filling in the keys and clicked login
On the console it also shows the same error.
I need to build this...
I'd love to see it if you do! If you run into any issues my dms on Blue sky are open or you can join the discord!
@@makeit4less thanks for the offer!
Sounds like you got the buttons to work!! If I compensate you, and send you my dead car thing, could you work your magic? I'm serious! How can we make this work? I'm happy to pay you for your fine work. Let's do this! Thanks!
Hi, I'm not really sure what you are asking for?
UA-cam Music version pleasee
I will look into it. Thanks for watching!
initial d mentioned???
Haha its a good song! Thanks for watching!
STOP SMAKING YOUR LIPS
Sorry 😶🌫️ that's something I'm working on . Thanks for watching!
@@makeit4lessI did not even notice it 😊
you copied jeff. unsubscribed.
Who?
@@fiveromannumeralsyou know Jeff, he made a video called spotify bricked the car thing so I hacked mine and this guy is just copying the video
except that yk, jeff hacked his carthing and loaded new code onto it to make it usable again, while this guy recreated the functionality of the carthing from completely different hardware
@johntelekom9712 agreed
@@BananaBaconyt 🤦♂🤦♂
Hey @Make it for less, i have a problem. i think your ideas are so cool and i wanted to do it now because i have already done the previous one but something is wrong with the website it doesn't want my token and i always get a error message can you please help ?
Which website does not want your token? If you want to join the discord it's easier to discuss issues there 👍