ac_dimmer via port expander?

[BrownC0de]

The problem

Hi. There is a need to connect several triacs through a port expander (for example, pca9685, mcp23016). But I don’t understand how to select the expander pins through the configurator? And is it possible?

Which version of ESPHome has the issue?

v2022.3.0

What type of installation are you using?

Docker

Which version of Home Assistant has the issue?

No response

What platform are you using?

ESP32

Board

No response

Component causing the issue

ac_dimmer

Example YAML snippet

output:
  - platform: ac_dimmer
    id: dimmer1
    gate_pin: D7
    zero_cross_pin:
      number: D6
      mode:
        input: true
      inverted: yes

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

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