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Plan attachments by peripheral family, not part number.
What you can attach to an AI device with GPIO, I2C, SPI, and UART: the peripheral families each bus serves, and how to plan Oneira hardware expansion projects.
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The short answer
Every hobby peripheral belongs to a family, and every family has a bus it prefers. Oneira ships hardware tools on GPIO, I2C, SPI, and UART, so plan projects around those families — Oneira-specific pin counts and electrical limits are not yet published.
GPIO familySwitches, LEDs, relays
I2C familySmall shared-bus sensors
SPI / UARTDisplays, memory, serial links
Electrical limitsNot yet published
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Understand the agent pathA simple flow
How it works in three steps.
- 0101 / Job
Name what the project should sense or switch
- 0202 / Family
Match it to the bus that class of part uses
- 0303 / Bench
Verify one peripheral before combining any
GPIO family
Things that are on or off.
GPIO peripherals live in the world of single signals: a switch or button reporting pressed or not, an LED showing a state, a relay module closing a low-voltage circuit on command. One pin, one meaning.
This family is where expansion projects should start, because every part in it can be verified by eye. If the LED lights or the relay clicks, the whole chain worked, and you learned that in seconds.
I2C family
The sensor shelf that shares two wires.
I2C carries the largest family in hobby electronics: small sensor boards for temperature, humidity, light, motion, and many related classes, all sharing the same two wires with each device answering at its own address.
That sharing is the point. A project can grow from one sensor to a small cluster without a new wiring topology, which is why makers keep a shelf of I2C boards the way cooks keep spices.
SPI and UART families
Fast pixels, plain serial.
SPI trades extra wires for speed, which suits peripherals that move real data at short range: small displays and memory are the classic members of the family.
UART is the elder of the four — a plain serial link between two devices, one line in each direction. Its family is modules and other boards: anything that presents itself as a serial device can hold a conversation over UART.
On Oneira
Four buses ship. Limits come from the docs.
Oneira ships hardware tools on GPIO, I2C, SPI, and UART today, and its public firmware manifest lists the chipFamily as ESP32-S3 — useful lineage context for makers who already know that platform. What is not yet published: Oneira-specific pin counts, voltage levels, and current limits.
So plan by family rather than by assumed numbers, and check current documentation before a design depends on a specific electrical figure. The scope is low-voltage hobby electronics throughout; expansion means sensors and modules on a bench, not house wiring.
Sources and scope
Official facts, linked.
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Questions, answered
The details that decide a purchase.
What can I attach to Oneira's hardware tools?
Think in families: switch, button, LED, and relay-class parts on GPIO; the wide class of small shared-bus sensors on I2C; display and memory-class peripherals on SPI; serial modules and other boards over UART. Which exact part fits is a per-project decision, as on any host.
How many pins are there, and at what voltage?
Oneira-specific pin counts and electrical limits are not yet published. Check current documentation before a circuit depends on a specific number, and plan around the bus families in the meantime.
What does the ESP32-S3 note mean for my parts bin?
The public firmware manifest lists chipFamily ESP32-S3, which tells you the platform lineage. It does not tell you Oneira's exposed pins or limits — those wait on published documentation.
What should the first expansion project be?
One GPIO part with a visible result — an LED or a relay click — then one I2C sensor read. Verify each on its own before combining anything.
Can I switch mains-powered things, like room lights, with a relay?
Not yourself. Household mains wiring — anything on the supply side of a wall plug — belongs to a qualified electrician. Oneira's hardware tools are scoped to low-voltage hobby electronics.
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