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…With the new IR control, you can deploy IR proxies, which are essentially ESPHome-powered devices with an IR transmitter. Those proxies send commands on behalf of Home Assistant. Point one at…
…You can flash a custom firmware, like from ESPHome, to make them compatible with the smart home platform of your choice. You may already own a smart home device housing this microcontroller…
…However, I recently came across ESPHome, a tool designed to help tinkerers manage their microcontrollers, and it has been a lifesaver for my DIY projects. Related 5 projects you can do for…
…ESPHome ESPHome is an open-source firmware framework that enables the easy creation of custom smart home devices using WiFi-enabled microcontrollers. It utilizes simple YAML configuration files, integrates seamlessly with Home…
…Home Assistant automatically detects the Android phone as an ESPHome device, allowing me to quickly configure it. The app uses ESPHome’s protocol to implement its own Bluetooth Low Energy proxy. It…
…Over time, I realized that the ESPHome integration in Home Assistant did all the heavy lifting to compile and flash firmware on ESP32. Later, the community shared ready sketches that I could…
…Home Assistant’s device discovery detected the ESP32-based Thread Border Router during Thread integration configuration. Need to extend the mesh Once the Thread Border Router was running, I learned that ESPHome…
…By migrating device loops to local Zigbee binding clusters and to on-device ESPHome native automation blocks, your home becomes a resilient mesh network. Home Assistant turns a fragile single point of…
…And you’ve got the uber-powerful ESPHome app that not only ditches full-on programming languages for simple YAML-based syntax, but it also integrates well into Home Assistant. As for…
…I got mine up and running with ESPHome very quickly. That's not impossible on dedicated Meshtastic hardware, but it's much less compelling. A ThinkNode M5 is shaped around being a…