I have a rowing machine and it uses Reed switches to detect a spinning wheel via magnets. There are two Reed switches side-by-side, so you can determine the direction of the wheel. With these reed switches you can calculate speed, number of rotations per stroke, and direction of stroke.
I linked both reed switches into ESPHome via platform: pulse_counter
. How can I now start identifying strokes. Let’s assume a stroke required 4 rotations and the reed switches send A and B respectively when they get magnetized. Then a stroke would look like: B.A…|…A.B…A.B…A.B…A.B…|…B.A
I was wondering if I could use ESPHome to identify strokes, rotations within the stroke, and time duration of the stroke. Then send that information to Home Assistant so I can track the training on my rowing device and even compare with others.