This project was the best thing I stumbled upon this decade. I have used ESPHome to create a wireless ambient light sensor that my Mac app (https://lunar.fyi/#

This project was the best thing I stumbled upon this decade. I have used ESPHome to create a wireless ambient light sensor that my Mac app (https://lunar.fyi/#sensor https://lunar.fyi/#sensor) can use to adapt monitor brightness automatically. Even non-technical users are now doing their own sensor with the tutorial I wrote: https://lunar.fyi/sensor https://lunar.fyi/sensor I also like to use ESPHome for standalone devices like dimmable LED strings and IR remotes, but I always wished there was a simple app to control them. My HomeAssistant dashboard became too complex and slow and is annoying to wait for it when I just want to adjust brightness or volume. So I created another app for that called Volum: https://lowtechguys.com/volum https://lowtechguys.com/volum Below is a demo video of how I use it to control: 1. A battery powered LED string 2. An Ambilight-like SK6812 RGBW LED strip behind my monitor 3. An ESP8266 with an IR LED to control volume of an Edifier speaker Demo video: https://youtu.be/nzz-xrEon7g https://youtu.be/nzz-xrEon7g