Hi — we care about supporting Pickup users with different interface needs. Discuss here what you want to see for accessibility. Once we release the software, you can report issues here.
Regarding how to display the data, for me in a aquaponics setup, how about a easy way to integrate a “Fuel Gauge” setup with standard LED’s. A line of green then yellow then red. Would be a easy way to see critical water temp, or water chemistry. Thinking lie a simple PCB design that I can order and solder on the components and heve it plug into the Pickup and “Just work”? If you did not want to sell it you can just link the files to JLCPCB or some other Mfg.
That way when I walk into the greenhouse, I can glance up and instantly get the needed information without complexity of dials or expensive displays.
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First, I love the idea. I took a while to respond because I got stuck trying to figure out a new topic to put this under, but never mind.
Our priority is obviously shipping and supporting the promised modules, but I’d love to be able to enable this. Keep in mind that we’re also first focusing on data logging, and therefore input channels, but I personally want to have some output possibilities too (a relay seems obvious). I think the best way to implement this at first would be to pull up the dashboard on an old phone and pin it to your wall, or dig in and make exactly the visual you want in a web app that is fed by the MQTT data stream. Oh, and you’ll also get RGB control over the two LEDs, so you can use those to communicate info as well.
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I like the idea of the gauge. I have a use for the moisture sensor and the huge would be easier to read than having to climb up to see it every time.
Hiya,
Really glad y’all are thinking about this! I’m neurologically vision impaired and I use primarily e-ink displays with very large type settings, sometimes an iPhone with grayscale color filters and very large type settings. I’m primarily interested in making sure I have ways other than color to quickly make meaning of data ranges; also may be useful to know that green > yellow > orange for good > eh > bad scales renders more reliably meaningful on the tools I use than anything else I’ve seen. Red and black often do not look different from each other.
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