what exactly are the switches you use? Is it difficult to make them work at 5V?
All the functions you are talking about will work in these devices - pulses for switching relays, and display of the included lamps in HA. But the inputs of the controllers are designed for a voltage of not more than 5V. Moreover, you can connect many different sensors (even DS18B20), assign different scenarios to a single, double, long press the switch. You can configure the WS2812 pixels
Hey,
It’s easy to change the switches to 5V, so that’s not a problem. I use the switches as an alternative if my home assistant would fail.
Which device would be best suited? As I need 64 inputs/outputs.
I think the following 3 controllers would be best for you:
https://i3engineering.com/shop/argon-r12
But they should not be connected to the outputs of very powerful lights
You could use a generic ESP32 with I/O expansion via the I2C bus.