My Switch 2 is finally part of my PC setup I’m mainly a PC…
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My Switch 2 is finally part of my PC setup
I’m mainly a PC gamer, but I really like Nintendo exclusives. For a while I’ve had my Switch connected to an Elgato 4K capture card, so I can basically use it as part of my normal PC setup.
I even 3D printed a small drawer behind my desk that holds the Switch in its dock, so at this point it pretty much lives there as part of the setup.
That means I can keep my monitors, Discord, browser, audio setup, whatever controller I want, and even mess around with things like DLSS, FrameGen and filters on Switch games.
It works great… until I leave my desk.
My Desk:
https://imgur.com/a/hEg0B4R
I can stream my PC to a laptop, TV or another room, and getting the Switch video there is easy enough. The problem was controlling the actual Switch remotely.
So I built **SwitchNet**.
The idea is pretty simple:
**Controller / KB&M → PC → Network → ESP32-S3 → Switch**
The ESP32-S3 acts as a bridge and sends the inputs to the physical Switch.
So now I can stream my PC setup somewhere else and still play the Switch that’s sitting in its dock behind my desk.
Is it overengineered? Probably 😅
But it solves a very specific problem I had, and I thought other PC/Switch users might find it interesting too.
It’s completely open source:
https://github.com/d0vere/SwitchNet
If anyone is crazy enough to grab an ESP32-S3 and try it, I’d genuinely love to hear how it goes :)
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I’m mainly a PC gamer, but I really like Nintendo exclusives. For a while I’ve had my Switch connected to an Elgato 4K capture card, so I can basically use it as part of my normal PC setup.
I even 3D printed a small drawer behind my desk that holds the Switch in its dock, so at this point it pretty much lives there as part of the setup.
That means I can keep my monitors, Discord, browser, audio setup, whatever controller I want, and even mess around with things like DLSS, FrameGen and filters on Switch games.
It works great… until I leave my desk.
My Desk:
https://imgur.com/a/hEg0B4R
I can stream my PC to a laptop, TV or another room, and getting the Switch video there is easy enough. The problem was controlling the actual Switch remotely.
So I built **SwitchNet**.
The idea is pretty simple:
**Controller / KB&M → PC → Network → ESP32-S3 → Switch**
The ESP32-S3 acts as a bridge and sends the inputs to the physical Switch.
So now I can stream my PC setup somewhere else and still play the Switch that’s sitting in its dock behind my desk.
Is it overengineered? Probably 😅
But it solves a very specific problem I had, and I thought other PC/Switch users might find it interesting too.
It’s completely open source:
https://github.com/d0vere/SwitchNet
If anyone is crazy enough to grab an ESP32-S3 and try it, I’d genuinely love to hear how it goes :)
#technology
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