Xavier documents making a digital movie player for children where the content is selected by tapping a card on a box like credit card machines.
When I was a kid, my sister and I had a tower of VHS tapes we watched endlessly. Fast-forward to today, and my children’s movie collection is vastly different. It’s completely digital and dispersed across services. I wanted to recreate the tangible magic of my childhood for them.
It’s a collection of laminated movie covers with an NFC tag inside. All my son has to do is pick the movie he wants to watch and put it on the NFC reader. Home Assistant will do the rest.
The build is simple with an ESP32-C3, RC522 NFC reader and a selection of near-field cards (NTAG215). The cases are 3D printed.
Movies are stores on Plex and played via Apple TV. Home Assistant links it all together.
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