# Arduino or ESP8266?

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**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [January 25, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/arduino-or-esp8266/41735 "2021-01-25T07:40:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/arduino-or-esp8266/41735/2 "2021-01-25T12:41:56Z")

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Found my idea at: [[HOWTO] BUVA Boxstream Mechanical ventilation hack](https://community.homey.app/t/howto-buva-boxstream-mechanical-ventilation-hack/7596) Maybe that is already working for you. (Thanks to Niels De Klerk)

Made some adaptions for this module 🙂

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HomeyDuino can only control 1 switch per device, therefore I used an alternative control methode.  
Can be easy controlled in a flowcard by:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/0/00189ec5105c10fe59da57995a9daa6062e56cbf.png)

You have to flash new firmware into the ESP8266

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