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There are some very good frameworks out there for doing things like these: - ESPHome - Home Assistant You can a build a device like this, often without
by H8crilA 3y ago
There are some very good frameworks out there for doing things like these:
- ESPHome
- Home Assistant
You can a build a device like this, often without writing one line of code, with ESP32 firmware updates over the air from a web UI.
I wish those ESP chips/mini boards had Zigbee. You can get much better connectivity on a Zigbee network than on wifi in a typical deployment, where every mains powered Zigbee device also acts as a router.
- sodality2 3y agoI have to say, my manual solution was a lot more fun and hands-on and let me learn a lot more skills (C++, Grafana, serverless) than a one-click solution. Though I will be prioritizing maintainability if I decide to go further with it!
- martinsnow 3y agoAgree with you fully. It's also a lot more easy to program behavior into an esp32 rather than rely on home assistant pre defined modules.
- H8crilA 3y agoIt's more about ESPHome rather than Home Assistant. But yeah it is more fun to do it bare bones :). However, over time I found myself "upgrading" my hand made IoT devices to more standard solutions. Standard solutions usually work better.